Moulay Ahmed Alaoui
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Moulay Ahmed Alaoui | |
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| Minister of State | |
| In office November 5, 1981 – February 14, 1998 | |
| Monarch | Hassan II |
| Prime Minister | Mohamed Maâti Bouabid Mohammed Karim Lamrani Azzeddine Laraki Abdellatif Filali |
| Minister of Tourism and Crafts | |
| Monarchs | Hassan II Mohammed V |
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office May 27, 1960 – June 2, 1961 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed V |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1919 Fes (Morocco) |
| Died | 7 December 2002 (aged 82–83) Rabat (Morocco) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Profession | Journalist, politician |
Moulay Ahmed Alaoui (1919–2002)[1] was a Moroccan politician and the cousin of Hassan II.[2][3]
He served as the Minister of Tourism from 1960 to 1961 and the Minister of State from 1981 to 1998.
Biography
[edit]Born in Fes, he lived in France from 1940 to 1955. He arrived in France as a medical student, but did not complete his medical degree. He joined Istiqlal in 1944, and became an effective networker and publicity agent in France on behalf of the independence movement.[4]
After independence, as King Mohamed V's head of press services and then Minister of Information and Tourism, he worked to organize the experiences of journalists, writers, and tourists in Morocco, encouraging the production of positive representations of Morocco and of the monarchy.[5] One such writer, Gavin Maxwell, noted Alaoui's energy and hands-on approach to organizing the foreign press corps in the aftermath of the 1960 Agadir earthquake:
"...it was Moulay Ahmed himself who at the airport controlled, manually when necessary, the variegated hordes of press attaches and journalists, shouting out lists of names, pushing back those who were in the wrong stream, pulling forward bodily those who were vague or misunderstanding, alternately a brusque bus conductor and a statesman, an irritable usher and a high administrator"[6]
Moulay Ahmed Alaoui has served as a minister on several occasions. Between 1960 and 1961, he served as the Minister of Tourism in Morocco under the government of Mohammed V.[7] Between 1981 and 1998, he served as the Minister of State in Morocco under several governments, including the government of Abdellatif Filali.[7]
Moulay Ahmad Alaoui is a member of the Alaouite dynasty[8] and is a freemason.[9] Upon his death, his wife, Madame Assia Alaoui wrote a book about his life '' "MOULAY AHMED ALAOUI : Passion et le verbe"[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Décès de Moulay A. Alaoui, défenseur inconditionnel de Hassan II". 11 December 2002 – via Le Monde.
- ^ "Décès de Moulay Ahmed Alaoui" (PDF). 8 December 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ "Décès de Moulay Ahmed Alaoui Atlasvista Maroc". www.avmaroc.com. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Stenner, David (2019). Globalizing Morocco: Transnational Activism and the Postcolonial State. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-5036-0811-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Segalla, Spencer (22 July 2024). "Gavin Maxwell in Morocco and Algeria with Margaret Pope and Ahmed Alaoui: public relations networks, anti-imperialism, and travel writing in the era of decolonisation". The Journal of North African Studies: 1–34. doi:10.1080/13629387.2024.2380397. ISSN 1362-9387.
- ^ Maxwell, Gavin (1963). The Rocks Remain. Penguin (published 1976). pp. 27–28.
- ^ a b "Historique des gouvernements". Maroc.ma. 12 April 2013.
- ^ Documents diplomatiques français: 1968. 1er janvier-29 juin. 2009. ISBN 9789052015378.
- ^ "Au Maghreb, la franc-maçonnerie sort de son sommeil – Jeune Afrique". 12 April 2011.
- ^ Alaoui, Moulay Ahmed (1 January 2011). MOULAY AHMED ALAOUI : Passion et le verbe. MARSAM. ISBN 978-9954-579-00-8.
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