Abdelkrim al-Khatib

Abdelkrim al-Khatib (; 2 March 1921 – 28 September 2008) was a Moroccan surgeon, politician and activist. He co-founded the National Popular Movement which would later split and was eventually re-branded as the Justice and Development Party. He became the first leader of Morocco's House of Representatives.

Biography al-Khatib was born on 2 March 1921 in El Jadida. His father, Omar al-Khatib, was an administrative interpreter of Algerian origin and his mother Meriem El Guebbas was Moroccan. He became the first surgeon in Morocco and was involved when the Popular Movement was started. He was a campaigner for independence and he became the first leader of Morocco's House of Representatives. He was also a Government minister several times.

The party was successful in the 2002 general election taking 42 out of the 325 seats.

Family

El Khatib is the maternal uncle of Moroccan General Housni Benslimane whose sister is the mother of Ismail Alaoui the ex-president of the Party of Progress and Socialism. El Khatib is also the maternal uncle of Saad Hassar, former secretary of state in the Moroccan Interior Ministry