Prime Minister
Jettou was Minister of Finance from 1997 to 1998 and Minister of the Interior from 2001 until he was appointed as Prime Minister by King Mohammed VI on October 9, 2002. His appointment was controversial as he was not then a member of any party, although he governed with a coalition that held a parliamentary majority. The Socialist Union of Forces for Progress and Istiqlal Party were the major parties of this coalition.
In late 2004, he successfully led Morocco into a historic free trade agreement with the United States.
Following the September 2007 parliamentary election, Mohammed VI named Istiqlal leader Abbas El Fassi as Jettou's successor as Prime Minister on 19 September 2007.
Jettou was appointed as President of the Audits Court on 9 August 2012, a move interpreted as meaning that King Mohammed would take full control of managing corruption cases.
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