He was president of the "Socialist Union" party, participated in the 1997 elections where the elections were issued, and led the rotating government in March 1998.
In 2002, the Youssoufi party ranked first in the parliamentary elections, but the late Moroccan monarch, Idriss Jettou, who is not affiliated with any party, was appointed as prime minister, which was rejected by Youssoufi and he retired from politics.
Abdel-Rahman Al-Yousifi is the second most popular head of government after Abdel-Ilah Benkirane, according to local newspaper polls.
Al-Yousifi died in a hospital in Casablanca, at the age of 96.
