Fadel Benyaich Explained
Fadel Benyaich |
Office: | Ambassador of Morocco to Spain |
Term Start: | 11 February 2014 |
Term End: | 2018 |
Predecessor: | Ahmedou Ould Souilem |
Successor: | Karima Benyaich |
Office1: | Senior member of the Royal Cabinet |
Term Start1: | 1999 |
Birth Place: | 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] [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
Notes and References
- News: Le membre du cabinet royal Fadel Benyaich donne conférence à New York. 26 November 2013. Slate Afrique. 22 March 2013.
- News: Qui veut saboter l'opération Canaries ?. 26 November 2013. Aujourd'hui le Maroc. 27 October 2004. Omar DAHBI.
- News: Les dessous du retour de Fadel Benyaich . 26 November 2013 . Maghreb Intelligence . 17 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131122084705/http://www.maghreb-intelligence.com/portrait/3479-les-dessous-du-retour-de-fadel-benyaich.html . 22 November 2013 .
- News: El rey Mohamed VI nombra a un gran amigo suyo embajador en España. 12 December 2013. El Pais. 11 December 2013. Ignacio Cembrero.
- News: Adil Boukhima. Fadel Benyaich. Le mystérieux ami du roi. 19 January 2014. Telquel. 15 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140119042230/http://www.telquel-online.com/content/fadel-benyaich-le-myst%C3%A9rieux-ami-du-roi. 19 January 2014. dead.
- Book: Mahjoub Tobji. Les officiers de sa majesté. 2006.
- Book: Oufkir, un destin marocain. 2002. Stephan Smith.
- News: Révélations. Îlot Leila. Ce qui s'est vraiment passé. 26 November 2013. Telqeul N° 218. Ignacio Cembrero. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002147/http://www.telquel-online.com/archives/218/couverture_218_1.shtml. 3 December 2013. dead.