[1][2] He was the ninth Prime Minister of Morocco and served under king Hassan II.

Bouabid was offered an official position at the start of independence, like young law graduates, few in number then.

[8] Bouabid was the first mayor of the city of Casablanca and president of the Moroccan club Raja CA from 1966 to 1968.

[9] In 1983, Bouabid and a group of people with whom he shared common convictions founded the Constitutional Union party, with Bouabid remaining the founding leader and de facto head of this party throughout three national conferences.

[10] In the eighteenth government, which lasted from November 30, 1983, to April 11, 1985, he was Minister of State.