Fadel Benyaich
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Fadel Benyaich | |
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Ambassador of Morocco to Spain | |
Assumed office 11 February 2014 | |
Preceded by | |
Senior member of the Royal Cabinet | |
Assumed office 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 (age 58–59) Rabat, Morocco |
Alma mater | Collège Royale de Rabat |
Fadel Benyaich or Benaich (Arabic: فاضل بن يعيش; born 1963 in Rabat, Morocco) is a senior member of the royal cabinet of King Mohammed VI, reportedly in charge of relations with Spain.[1][2][3] He studied at the Collège Royal with Mohammed VI.[3]
Benyaich is the current Moroccan ambassador in Spain, having replaced .[4]
Business[]
Benayaich holds the franchise of French traiteur and pastry chef Patrick Lenôtre and runs boutiques in Rabat and Casablanca.[5]
Personal life[]
Fadel Benyaich is the son of a surgeon who worked as the personal physician of Hassan II and was shot dead during the failed coup attempt in 1971,[3] in addtittion to being the nephew of Colonel Ben Aïch, a close collaborator of General Moulay Hafid Alaoui, and who held this military rank without any military training.[6][7]
His mother is Spanish from the region of Granada and his sister, Karima Benyaich, is the Ambassador of Morocco to Portugal.[3][8] Another of sister of his, Inane Benayaich is the director of the Centre Régional d'Investissement de Rabat.[5]
Benyaich also holds the Spanish citizenship.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Le membre du cabinet royal Fadel Benyaich donne conférence à New York". Slate Afrique. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Omar DAHBI (27 October 2004). "Qui veut saboter l'opération Canaries ?". Aujourd'hui le Maroc. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Les dessous du retour de Fadel Benyaich". Maghreb Intelligence. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b Ignacio Cembrero (11 December 2013). "El rey Mohamed VI nombra a un gran amigo suyo embajador en España". El Pais. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ a b Adil Boukhima (15 January 2014). "Fadel Benyaich. Le mystérieux ami du roi". Telquel. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ Mahjoub Tobji (2006). Les officiers de sa majesté.
- ^ Stephan Smith (2002). Oufkir, un destin marocain.
- ^ Ignacio Cembrero. "Révélations. Îlot Leila. Ce qui s'est vraiment passé". Telqeul N° 218. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Living people
- People from Rabat
- Moroccan civil servants
- 1963 births
- Moroccan people of Spanish descent
- Alumni of the Collège Royal (Rabat)
- Mohammed V University alumni
- Spanish people of Moroccan descent
- Members of the Royal Cabinet of Mohammed VI of Morocco
- Moroccan politicians
- Moroccan businesspeople
- Ambassadors of Morocco to Spain