Ahmed Boutaleb
Ahmed Boutaleb أحمد بوطالب | |
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Ex-Inspector General of the Royal Air Force | |
Assumed office 1998 | |
Preceded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 (age 75–76)[1] Tahla, Taza Province, Morocco[1] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Morocco |
Branch/service | Royal Moroccan Air Force |
Years of service | 1964–present |
Rank | General |
Commands | Royal Moroccan Air Force |
Battles/wars | Western Sahara War |
General Ahmed Boutaleb (Arabic: أحمد بوطالب – born 1946 in Tahla, Taza province) is the Ex-Inspector of the Royal Moroccan Air Force.[2][3][4]
Ahmed Boutaleb joined the air force in 1964 as part of a new class of air force officers that were recruited after the 1963 sand war. In 1977 he held the rank of captain.[1]
Towards the end of Hassan II's reign, Boutaleb was appointed as the aide-de-camp of then crown prince Sidi Mohammed and was promoted sometime afterwards to the rank of Colonel Major then to his current position, replacing General .[2] He had started his career in the military as a C-130 pilot and was trained in the United States.[2]
Ahmed Boutaleb is from the (also known as Beni Warain), a Zenata tribe of the region south of Taza.[4]
See also[]
- Mustapha Adib (activist)
- Abdelaziz Bennani
- Housni Benslimane
- Military of Morocco
References[]
- ^ a b c "L'AVIATION des FAR ( Post HASSI BEIDA et Octobre 1963 )". Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ a b c "Maroc : Le général Ahmed Boutaleb sur orbite". Maghreb Intelligence. December 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ M Sehimi (12 June 2009). "Qui dirige l'armée au Maroc ?". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Organigramme" (PDF). TelQuel (204). December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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- People from Taza
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