Saadeddine Othmani (Berber languages: ⵙⴰⵄⴷ ⴷⴷⵉⵏ ⵍⵄⵓⵜⵎⴰⵏⵉ; Arabic: سعد الدين العثماني; born 16 January 1956), sometimes translated as Saad Eddine el-Othmani, is a Moroccan politician.
[3] Following the 2011 legislative elections giving victory to the PJD, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the resulting cabinet formed in January 2012, a position he held until October 2013.
[11] On 17 March 2017, he was appointed as prime minister by King Mohammed VI, after Benkirane was dismissed for failing to form a new coalition.
[16] On 26 November 2017, he announced the dismissal of four cabinet members for allegedly failing to implement the government's development program for Morocco's northern Rif region.
[18] On 24 August 2020, Othmani, along with his party, rejected normalizing relations with Israel, stating doing so would breach Palestinian rights.
[28][29][30] Aziz Akhannouch of the National Rally of Independents was appointed by Mohammed VI on 10 September to form a government,[31][32] and succeeded him on 7 October.
[33] After leaving office in October 2021, Othmani resumed his job at his private psychiatric practice in Rabat.