Azzeddine Laraki

Azzeddine Laraki
Azzeddine Laraki
10th Prime Minister of Morocco
	In office; 30 September 1986 – 11 August 1992
Monarch	Hassan II
Preceded by	Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Succeeded by	Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Personal details
Born	1 May 1929; Fes, Morocco
Died	1 February 2010 (aged 80); Rabat, Morocco
Political party	Independent

Azzeddine Laraki (Arabic: عز الدين العراقي‎ ʻAz ud-Dīn al-ʻArāqī) (1 May 1929 – 1 February 2010) was a politician who served as prime minister in Morocco.

Early life

He was born in Fes on 1 May 1929.

Career

Laraki served as the minister of education for nine years from 1976 to 1987 and as Prime Minister of Morocco from 30 September 1986 to 11 August 1992.[1] During his term as education minister, he Arabicized the Moroccan education system.[1] Laraki was secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference from 1997 to 2000.[2] He also served as an aggregate professor at Mohammed V University's the Faculty of Medicine, and a member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.[2] In addition, he was author of various literary and scholarly publications.[3]

Laraki meeting Hans van den Broek (1983)

Death

Laraki died in Rabat, Morocco on 1 February 2010 at the age of 80.[2]

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References

Anouar Boukhars (2011). Politics in Morocco: Executive Monarchy and Enlightened Authoritarianism. Taylor and Francis. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-415-49274-4.
"ISESCO mourns death of Dr Azzedine Laraki, former OIC Secretary General". ISESCO. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
"HM the king offers condolences to late Laraki's family". News Central. Rabat. 1 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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[Boukhars2011-1] Anouar Boukhars (2011). Politics in Morocco: Executive Monarchy and Enlightened Authoritarianism. Taylor and Francis. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-415-49274-4.

[isesco-2] "ISESCO mourns death of Dr Azzedine Laraki, former OIC Secretary General". ISESCO. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

[newscental-3] "HM the king offers condolences to late Laraki's family". News Central. Rabat. 1 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012.