Editing Muhammad al-Muqri (section)

=== Algeciras Conference ===
[[File:AlgecirasConference1906.jpg|thumb|al-Muqri signing the [[Treaty of Algeciras]] in 1906.]]

At that time, Al Muqri was the country's representative to the 1906 [[Algeciras Conference]] at which [[Germany]]'s demand for a say in Moroccan affairs was rejected in favor of [[France]] and [[Spain]]. In recognition of his efforts to resolve the [[Tangier Crisis|Moroccan Crisis]] leading up to the international conference, Abd al-Aziz appointed al-Muqri as his Minister of Finance and in 1908, his {{Interlanguage link|Sadr A'atham|lt=|ar|الصدر الأعظم (المغرب)|WD=|italic=y}} ({{Lang|ar|صدر أعظم}}) or Grand Vizier, a post he would hold on and off under each of the succeeding sultans until 1955. 

[[File:Si_Kaddour_ben_Ghabrit_et_le_sultan_Moufay_Hafid.jpg|thumb|Muhammad al-Muqri, Charles Émile Moinier, Sultan [[Abd al-Hafid of Morocco]], and [[Si Kaddour Benghabrit|Abdelqader Benghabrit]], 8 August 1912.]]
In 1909, the new sultan [[Abdelhafid of Morocco|Abd Al-Hafid]] demoted him to the post of Minister of Finance but promoted him again to Grand Vizier in 1911. Al-Muqri resigned the post two years later, but was reappointed to it by Sultan [[Yusef of Morocco|Yusef]], and was kept in the position by his successor, Sultan [[Mohammed V of Morocco|Muhammad ben Youssef]], when he ascended the throne in 1927. In 1953, when Muhammad ben Youssef was deposed by the French for nationalist agitation and replaced by his uncle, the French [[puppet monarch]] [[Ben Arafa|Muhammad Ben Arafa]], the colonial authorities decided to keep al-Muqri in his position. Once independence was promised, Ben Arafa abdicated, and al-Muqri was chosen by colonial authorities to head the Regency, among other dignitaries such as Pacha Fatmi Benslimane, until the exiled Sultan Muhammad could return to the country and assume the throne.