Khalid Alioua (Arabic: خالد عليوة; born 1949, Rabat) is a Moroccan politician of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party. He was Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the cabinet of Driss Jettou (2002–2007) and Minister of Social Development, Solidarity, Employment, Vocational Training and spokesperson of the Government in the first cabinet of Abderrahman el-Yousfi (1998–2000).[1][2][3] He has a degree in accounting and has taught at the University of Hassan II.[1] In early July 2012, he was arrested on charges of embezzlement during his time as president of the CIH bank.[4]
Career
He has been a professor at Hassan II University in Casablanca since 1977. From 1992 to 1997, he served as the president of the prefectural council of Rabat and as a municipal councilor in Rabat-Agdal (1997). He is a member of the central committee of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP). On March 14, 1998, King Hassan II appointed him Minister of Social Development, Solidarity, Employment, and Vocational Training, as well as the government's spokesperson.[5]