The Government of the Republic of the Rif was established on 18 September 1921 when the Riffian Tribes, led by Abd el-Krim, beat Spain in the Battle of Annual during the Rif War and created the Confederal Republic of the Tribes of the Rif. The Republic of the Rif is considered the first-ever independent non-monarchical modern Amazigh state. After the Riffian victory, President Abd el-Krim and his Council of Ministers issued a document titled "Government of the Rif Republic; Declaration of State and Proclamation to all Nations" declaring the independence of the Rif from the Franco-Spanish colonial dominion and from the Arab-Alouite Sultan Yusef of Morocco. The federal government of the Republic of the Rif Executive branch President : Moulay Mohand Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi Prime Minister: Hajj Hatmi President of the Council of Ministers: AbdelSelam Mohammed el-Khattabi Minister of Justice: Mohammed Echems Minister of Interior: Shaikh Yazid n-Hajj Hammu Minister of War: Mohammed ben Omar Minister of Foreign Affairs: Moulay Mohand Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi Symbolic Offices Princess (Lalla) of the Rif: Lalla Mimouna Boujibar Imam Prince of the Believers (ʾamīr al-muʾminīn): Moulay Mohand Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi Legislative branch Congress of Representatives of the Tribes of the Rif Riffian people Governments in Africa by country Rif War