Driss Debbagh Explained

Driss Debbagh
Native Name:إدريس الدباغ
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:7 November 1921
Birth Place:Marrakech, Morocco
Death Date:1986
Citizenship: Moroccan
Education:Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from L'École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles de Roubaix, France (1950)
Occupation:Diplomat, Politician, Businessman
Known For:Ambassador of Morocco to Italy, Minister of Commerce, Industry, Mining and Merchant Navy

Driss Debbagh (in Arabic : إدريس الدباغ) (born November 7, 1921, in Marrakech, Morocco  - 1986), was a Moroccan ambassador to Italy (1959 - 1961) and a minister of commerce, industry, mining and merchant navy (from June 1963 to November 1963). He was also vice-president and chairman of Banque Commerciale du Maroc through a private company NAMIRI S.A. of which he owned 93% of the shares.

Driss Debbagh was the son of Tayed ibn Brahim Debbagh and his second wife Zahra bint Mohammed Soussi. He was fluent in Berber, Arabic, French, English and Italian. He lived in France in the end of the 1940s and he received a bachelor in chemical engineering in 1950 from L'École Nationale Supérieur des Arts et Industries Textiles de Roubaix, France. He returned to Morocco and became the president of the royal federation of aeronautic sports in 1957, and president of the CJP (Centre des Jeunes Patrons) the same year.

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