Jamal El Asri

Jamal Laasri or Jamal El Asri is a Moroccan politician, teacher and trade unionist who currently serves as the secretary-general of the Unified Socialist Party (Morocco).

Early life

Laasri was born on 11 October 1967 in the city of Agadir. Laasri stated that he started to be interested in politics in 1978 or 1979 when he was still in middle school.

Political career

Laasri was a founding member of a branch of the Organization of Popular Democratic Action in Dakhla before moving to the Tangier branch in 2003.

Rise in the PSU

Laasri was elected as the new Secretary General of the PSU after the fifth national congress in late 2023, succeeding Nabila Mounib, who had led the party for two consecutive terms.

Political actions & goals

Laasri's primary goal is to achieve genuine democracy and social justice in Morocco. He also serves as the national coordinator of the Moroccan Front for the Support of Palestine and has explicitly expressed his opposition to the normalization of relations with Israel.
Laasri previously ran for a parliamentary seat in the 2021 legislative elections, leading the PSU list in the Tanger-Assilah constituency, though his bid was unsuccessful.