In 1979, Abderrahim Qanir was recruited by the O.N.E. (Office National de l'Electricité), as a civil engineer and project manager for the central office in Casablanca. In June 1983, he entered the office of Consulting, Engineering and Development, the CID, an international consulting firm. In 1984, Qanir joined the Moroccan Department of Marine Studies where he was responsible for the development of the new container terminals at the port of
Casablanca, in collaboration with the Port
Le Havre, in France. Qanir was also responsible for the development of the National Master Plan of ports and marinas along the Moroccan coastline, in collaboration with the consulting firm HAECON in Belgium and the Cabinet Alberto Diaz Fraga, Director of
Puerto Banús Marina in
Marbella, Spain. In 1986, Qanir joined the consulting team in charge of the extension of the port of
Dakar in
Senegal with the French office BCEOM. Then in 1988, he founded Anchor Tank Lining Morocco with U.S. partners from Massachusetts, a company specialized in naval repairs at the port of
Casablanca. In 1997, he was elected Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002. During his term, Qanir carried out diplomatic missions to the European parliament and the American Council in
Washington, D.C. where he was part of a mission at the
White House,
U.S. Senate and the department of State in
Texas. == Education ==