Conventional Long Name: Kingdom of Morocco
Capital City: Rabat
Type of Government: parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Date of Independence: March 2, 1956
National Holidays: Throne Day, July 30
Chief of State: King Mohommad
Capital City: Rabat
Type of Government: parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Date of Independence: March 2, 1956
National Holidays: Throne Day, July 30
Chief of State: King Mohommad
Executive Branch/Powers: the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch from the majority party following legislative elections
Legislative Branch/Powers: bicameral Parliament consists of the Chamber of Advisors (120 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college of local councils
Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court judges appointed by the Superior Council of Judicial Power, a 20-member body presided by the monarch and including the Supreme Court president
Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal
Ambassador to the US: Rachad Bouhlal
Location of Embassy to US: Washington DC
Location of Consulates to US: New York
US ambassador to Morocco: Dwight Bush
Location of Embassy to Morocco: Rabat
Location of Consulates to Morocco: Rabat
UN Representative: Incumbent Omar Hilale
Legislative Branch/Powers: bicameral Parliament consists of the Chamber of Advisors (120 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college of local councils
Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court judges appointed by the Superior Council of Judicial Power, a 20-member body presided by the monarch and including the Supreme Court president
Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal
Ambassador to the US: Rachad Bouhlal
Location of Embassy to US: Washington DC
Location of Consulates to US: New York
US ambassador to Morocco: Dwight Bush
Location of Embassy to Morocco: Rabat
Location of Consulates to Morocco: Rabat
UN Representative: Incumbent Omar Hilale
Description of Flag: Star represents the pentangle Seal of Solomon, the red represents the descendants of the Islamic prophet Mohammed
International Disputes: claims and administers Western Sahara whose sovereignty remains unresolved
National Symbols: Coat of arms, two lions supporting a shield that displays a green pentagram against a red background before the Atlas Mountains and rising sun
Number of Refugees: doesn't say
Number of IDPs: doesn't say
Number of Stateless people: doesn't say
Human Trafficking issues: doesn't say
Drug Trafficking use: one of the world's largest producers of illicit hashish
National Symbols: Coat of arms, two lions supporting a shield that displays a green pentagram against a red background before the Atlas Mountains and rising sun
Number of Refugees: doesn't say
Number of IDPs: doesn't say
Number of Stateless people: doesn't say
Human Trafficking issues: doesn't say
Drug Trafficking use: one of the world's largest producers of illicit hashish