title: Abdessamad Qaiouh
text: # Abdessamad Qaiouh
  
  Abdessamad Qaiouh (also Abdessamed Kayouh, Arabic: عبد الصمد قيوح - born 11 April 1966, Oulad Teima) is a Moroccan politician of the Istiqlal Party. He was Minister of Handicrafts in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.
  
  In April 2013, while King Mohammed VI was on vacation in France, Hamid Chabat Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party announced his intentions to leave the coalition that forms the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Consequently, a resignation request was submitted on 9 July 2013 for all the Party's ministers.
  
  