Ahmed Lahlimi Alami,

Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, 68 years old, has spent over 30 years as a senior public servant. As the head of the High Commission of Planning (HCP), he is overseeing “Morocco 2030”, the review of how Morocco might look in 2030.

In his successive posts, in which he has been responsible, inter alia, for the development of the southern provinces, price regulation and the representation of Morocco in international organizations, he has made himself noticed through his capacity to solve problems. Economist and a socialist militant, Mr. Lahlimi started his political career as a leader of the National Union of Moroccan Students (UNEM) while studying in Fez and Rabat (1958-1963).

He obtained his master’s degree in economic geography in 1966 and taught for a short period at Rabat University. From 1968 until 1971, He was successively Director of Technical and Economic Studies and then vice General-Director of the Agriculture Bank (CNCA) before taking up the position of General Secretary of the Tourism Ministry in 1971 and then of the Planning and Regional Development Department in 1973. Close to Abderrahim Bouabid, the charismatic leader of the Socialist Party (USFP), he was in put charge of his cabinet when Mr. Bouabid became a state minister in 1983. Mr. Lahlimi also headed the Bouabid Foundation for culture and science.

Mr. Lahlimi played a major role in helping Mr. Abderrahman Youssoufi form his government when he was nominated as a prime minister by King Hassan II. Mr. Lahlimi was in charge of the General Affairs of the Government, the Social Economy and Handicraft Department, a position that he retained until the 2002 election. Following a year out of government, he returned in 2003 as the head of the High Commission of Planning under His Majesty Mohamed VI.