Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1999
Soon after initiating a commission to investigate abuses of power under his own rule, Has-
san II dies. All hail Mohammed VI, and hope for a constitutional monarchy.
2002-07
Historic reforms initiated under King Mohammed VI include regular parliamentary and
municipal elections across Morocco, plus the Mudawanna legal code ofering unpreceden-
ted protection for women.
2004-05
Equity and Reconciliation Commission televises testimonies of the victims of Moroccan
human-rights abuses during the 'Years of Lead'; it becomes the most watched in Moroccan
TV history.
2004
Morocco signs free-trade agreements with the EU and the US, and gains status as a non-
NATO ally.
2006
Morocco proposes 'special autonomy' for the Western Sahara, and holds the irst direct
talks with Polisario in seven years - which end in a stalemate.
2011
Pro-democracy revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt inspire Morocco's 20 February Movement;
in response the king announces limited constitutional reform, passed by national referen-
dum.
2013
Morocco continues to be governed by the king and a coalition led by Prime Minister Abde-
lilah Benkirane of the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD).
