ABDELWAHAD RADI, IPU President 2011-14

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Mr. Abdelwahad RADI, former Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, was elected as President of the IPU for a three-year mandate on 19 October 2011 at the 189th session of the Governing Council of the IPU in Bern. When his term came to an end on 16 October 2014, the Governing Council conferred on him the title of the Honorary President of the IPU.

CURRICULUM VITAE OF MR. ABDELWAHAD RADI

Personal data and education

Born on 4 January 1935 in Salé, where he attended primary school
Obtained his high school diploma in Rabat
Pursued his tertiary education at the University of Sorbonne, Paris

Student and other associations

1958 to 1960 - General Secretary of the National Union of Moroccan Students in France (UNEM)
One of the founders of the Confederation of North African Students
1955 to 1956 - a founding and active member of many social, cultural and trade-union associations

Political party functions

November 2008 - elected First Secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP)
2005 - chaired the 7th National Congress
2003 - elected First Deputy Secretary of the USFP
2001 - chaired the 6th National Congress
1989 to date - a member of the Political Bureau of the USFP
1967 - elected to the Administrative Committee of the UNFP
1962 - elected to the National Council of the UNFP
1959 - one of the founders of the National Union of Popular Forces Party (UNFP), currently the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP)

Academic career

Professor of social psychology at Mohamed V University, Rabat
Head of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, Mohamed V University

Trade union activities

1968 to 1974 - General Secretary of the national trade union of higher education (SNE-sup)

Parliamentary functions

Member of Parliament since 1963, re-elected for the following legislatures: 1977-1984; 1984-1993; 1993-1997; 1997-2002; 2002-2007; and 2007-2012
9 April 2010 - Speaker of the House of Representatives
2002 to 2007 - Speaker of the House of Representatives
1997 to 2002 - Speaker of the House of Representatives
1993 - First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
1977 to 1983 - President of the Socialist Party parliamentary group in the House of Representatives
1963 to 1964 - Chairperson of the Committee on Public Service and Administrative Reform
1963 to 1964 - Vice President of the House Itihadi Group

Government posts

15 October 2007 - appointed Minister of Justice by His Majesty King Mohammed VI
1984 - nominated General Secretary of the Arab-African Union
1983 - appointed Minister of International Cooperation by the late King Hassan II

Regional and international parliamentary functions

March 2011 to date - President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)
October 2007 to October 2008 - Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the IPU
On 11 September 2006, elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
Participated in the work of the international working group tasked with preparing a handbook on Parliament and democracy in the twenty-first century: A guide to good practice
October 2004 to October 2008 - elected member of the Executive Committee of the IPU
2001 to 2004 - President of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Member States (PUOICM)
October 1988 to March 2004 - elected co-President of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Forum (currently the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM)
September 2001 to March 2003 - President of the Consultative Council of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
President of the 107th IPU Assembly (Marrakech, 2002)
Contributed to the work of the preparatory committee of the First World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (New York, 2000)
Chaired the EMPA working group on peace and security in the Middle East
Participated in all IPU Conferences/Assemblies since 1990

Local government functions

President of a communal council
Chaired a provincial council and a regional council