The Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions (Arabic: جبهة الدفاع عن المؤسسات الدستورية, French: Front pour la défense des institutions constitutionnelles, or simply FDIC) was a Moroccan political party founded in 1963 by Ahmed Reda Guedira, friend and advisor of King Hassan II.[1]
Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions الاتحاد الدستوري Front pour la défense des institutions constitutionnelles | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Ahmed Bahnini |
| Founder | Ahmed Reda Guedira |
| Founded | March 21, 1963 |
| Dissolved | 1970 |
| Merged into | Popular Movement |
| Headquarters | Rabat |
| Ideology | Royalism Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
History
editThe FDIC was created some months after the declaration of the Constitution of Morocco. A strong royalist, Ahmed Reda Guedira founded the FDIC for hinder the hegemony of the two strong parties: the conservative Istiqlal Party and the socialist National Union of Popular Forces.
The FDIC won the 1963 elections, and his candidate Ahmed Bahnini became Prime Minister in a FDIC-Istiqlal alliance, that ruled the Morocco for two years, and was succeeded, ironically for a royalist party, by the King Hassan II's govern. Only in 1967, the party established another government under Mohamed Benhima, that collapsed in 1969.
However, as a centrist party with a weak structuration, the FDIC was dissolved around 1970, merged in the Popular Movement.
Electoral results
editMoroccan Parliament
edit| House of Representatives | ||||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1,159,932 (#1) | 34.8 | 69 / 144
|
–
|
||
References
edit- ^ Government Website, Maroc (n.d.). "Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions". Maroc.ma. Archived from the original on 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.