Mohammed VI

Mohammed VI (in Arab: rear RTL جلالةالملكمحمدالسادس “Its Majesty king Mohammed VI”), born Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan the August 21st 1963 with Reduction, is the current king of the Morocco since the July 23rd 1999, following the death of his/her father, the king Hassan II.

Years of training of the crown prince

According to the tradition, Mohammed VI, would come from the line of the Alaouites, originating in Yanboô An Nakhil, small oasis of the coast of Arabia, on the Red Sea. Downward direct from the prophet Mahomet by the way of her daughter Lalla Fatima Zahra, the family would have come to settle with Sijilmassa, in the Moroccan south, in the middle of the 13th century. Mohammed VI is the twenty-third king of the dynasty alaouite, from which the capacity began in the middle of the 17th century.

Wire of Hassan II and Lalla Latifa, the “Mother of the royal children” (information about it remains confidential), it was born the August 21st 1963 with Rabat. At the four years age, his/her father makes it enter to the Royal College of Reduction. The June 28th 1973, it obtains the Certificate of primary studies and continues its secondary studies with the royal College where it obtains its baccalaureat in 1981. It is graduate Inc. In 1985, it obtains its license in right to faculty of legal sciences, economic and social of Rabat. The subject of its report relates to “the arabo-African Union and the strategy of the kingdom of Morocco as regards international relations”.

In 1987, it obtains the first Certificate of higher learning (THESE) in political sciences with mention. In July 1988, it makes a success of, with mention, its last examinations for obtaining the second THESE in Public right.

In order to supplement his formation and of living closely the practice of the principles and the legal provisions learned with Faculty, his/her father decides to send it, in November 1988, with Brussels, in order to carry out a training course of a few months near Jacques Delors, president of the European commission.

As of its more young age, it is often charged by his father, of many missions near the Heads of State. It thus took part in several International Conferences and regional.

Its first official mission abroad takes place the April 6th 1974, when it represents Hassan II at the time of funerals of the French president, Georges Pompidou. 23 with the July 30th 1980, it carries out a round in several African countries and meets the presidents Léopold Sédar Senghor of the Senegal, Ahmed Sékou Touré of Guinea, Felix Houphouët-Boigny of the Ivory Coast, Ahmadou Ahidjo of the Cameroun and Shehu Shagari of the Nigeria. It gives to them of the personal messages of the king Hassan II.

The March 18th 1982, it is named President of the Steering Committee of IXe Méditerranéens plays of Casablanca. The March 10th 1983, it leads the Moroccan delegation work of VIIe top of the non-aligned countries with New Delhi and makes an important speech in which it recalls the positions of Morocco with regard to various Arab questions, African and international. The September 21st 1983, the crown prince leads the Moroccan delegation work of the committee of implementation of the Organization of African Unity on the the Sahara with Addis-Abeba.

The November 26th 1985, it is named, by the sovereign, coordinator of the offices and services of the General Staff of the royal Armed forces.

11 with the March 18th 1986, the crown prince pays an official visit in Saudi Arabia. 7 with the March 21st 1987, It moves in official visit with the Japan. The February 23rd 1989, it represents the king Hassan II with funerals of the Emperor of Japan Hirohito.

The October 29th 1993, it obtains, at the University Sophia Antipolis in France, the title of doctor in right with the “very honourable” mention, following a thesis entitled “the co-operation between the European Economic community and the Union of the Arab Maghreb”.

The July 12th 1994, it is promoted, by his/her father, with the rank of Major general.

The April 12th 1994, it chairs the opening of work of the ministerial conference of GATT Marrakech. The May 4th 1994, it takes part in work of the meeting of the advisory group, with Geneva, at the time of the Commemoration of the 50e birthday of the constitution of UNO.

The January 12th 1995, it chairs the opening of work of the National Commission for the Commemoration of the 50e birthday of UNO. 21 with the June 27th 1997, it represents the king Hassan II with work of the extraordinary session of the General meeting of the United Nations on the Environment entitled “the Sommet of the Earth +5”.

After the death of Hassan II the July 23rd 1999, it is proclaimed king of Morocco. Its establishment is celebrated the July 30th 1999.

The June 22nd 2000, it was named Honorary doctor with the Université George Washington.

A king who engages on the way of democratization?

Sons of a king accustomed to only control and who left with his successor the care to modernize monarchy, Mohammed VI inherits a country placed at the 125e row in the world for economic development and social. If the idea of one “transition to Spanish”, the come to power following the example of of Juan Carlos I {{er}} of Spain, can describe the hope of a whole people, the major problems to be solved (the question of islamist and the Western Sahara in particular) are of very an other nature. The denunciation of “the opposition to progress” of the Makhzen (very powerful administration) and the dismissal of the Minister of Interior Department Driss Basri, three months after its rise on the throne, show a will of democratization, reinforced by the authorization of the return to Morocco of the historical opponent to the mode, Abraham Serfaty.

Various democratic political clouts of right-hand side as of left remain plain by an intransigent nationalism, which is exerted in favor of the “marocanity of the the Western Sahara” and vis-a-vis the close Algérie with which the relations was always bitter-sweet. It remains that Mohammed VI, named chief of staff by her father little time before her death, profits from the confidence of certain part of the Armée and of its officers.

On the plan of freedoms, the king encouraged the free press to approach the formerly significant topics. Although the court system from time to time seems to have the heavy hand, progress in term of freedom of expression is undeniable especially when the country is compared with its neighbors.

Marriage and births

The March 21st 2002 took place the marriage of the king and Salma Bennani (now Princesse Lalla Salma) in Rabat, having given to the woman the title of princess. The king and the princess gave birth the May 8th 2003 to the crown prince Moulay Hassan, and the February 28th 2007 with the princess Lalla Khadija.

Internal policy

On the internal plan, the king succeeded in decreasing the difficulties in which most of its people lived. The poverty and the rate of illiteracy are finally directed with the fall partly also thanks to the efforts of a government which centered its actions on a table of clear road with targets in precise figure.

The problem of the Sahara also seems in the process of grace resolution partly to daring proposals on behalf of the Moroccan government. After years of an ineffective diplomacy, Morocco seems to have begun again the hand as the support testifies some to the great powers for a resolution of this conflict on bases favorable to Morocco.

Internal bonds

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External bonds

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