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On 18 March 2011, His Majesty King Mohammed VI appointed Mr. Abdelaziz Benzakour as head of the Ombudsman Institution, an independent national body established and especially created to replace Diwan Al Madhalim.
Besides mediation and conciliation, the power to conduct inquiries and investigations, the Ombudsman is empowered to initiate disciplinary proceedings or act as public prosecutor and also to make recommendations concerning legal help particularly for the poorest and those in precarious situation.
This institution is created to strengthen the principles of good governance in public administration, the values of transparency and ethical standards, and to meet the requirements for improving the performance of authorities and their modernization.
Abdelaziz Benzakour was born in 1943 in Marrakech and is a lawyer. He was President of the Bar of Casablanca from 1983 to 1985 and became president of the Bar Association of Morocco (1986-1989) before assuming the post of President of the African Union of Lawyers from 1988 to 2002. From 1997 to 2002 he was a member of the Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCHR) and founding member of the Moroccan Organization of Human Rights. From 1999-2004, he was a member of the Indépendance et Arbitrage. In January 2004 he was appointed as member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission.
Source: AOMF
