| Housni Benslimane حسني بن سليمان | |||||||||||
| Order: | Commander of the | ||||||||||
| Office: | Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie | ||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1970s | ||||||||||
| Term End: | 4 December 2017 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Bouazza Boulhimez | ||||||||||
| Successor: | Mohamed Harmou | ||||||||||
| Order1: | President of the | ||||||||||
| Office1: | Moroccan Olympic Committee | ||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 1994 | ||||||||||
| Term End1: | 2017 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Hassan Sefrioui | ||||||||||
| Successor1: | Faïçal Laraïchi | ||||||||||
| Order2: | President of the | ||||||||||
| Office2: | Royal Moroccan Football Federation | ||||||||||
| Term Start2: | 1995 | ||||||||||
| Term End2: | 16 April 2009 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Houssaine Zemmouri | ||||||||||
| Successor2: | Ali Fassi Fihri | ||||||||||
| Order3: | Director of the | ||||||||||
| Office3: | Sûreté Nationale (Morocco)Moroccan General Directorate for National Security | ||||||||||
| Term Start3: | 1967 | ||||||||||
| Term End3: | 1972 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor3: | Mohamed Oufkir | ||||||||||
| Successor3: | Ahmed Dlimi | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 14 December 1935 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | El Jadida, Morocco | ||||||||||
| Nationality: | Moroccan | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Army officer Football/sports administrator Footballer | ||||||||||
| Allegiance: |  Morocco | ||||||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1947–2018 | ||||||||||
| Rank: | General | ||||||||||
| Unit: | Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie | ||||||||||
| Battles: | Western Sahara War | ||||||||||
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General Housni Benslimane (ar|حسني بن سليمان ; born 14 December 1935, El Jadida) is a senior Moroccan Gendarmerie officer who has served as the Commander-in-Chief of this unit. He also presides over the Moroccan Olympic Committee and was president of the Moroccan FA between 1994 and 2009.[1] [2] [3]
Housni Benslimane played football for Moroccan club AS FAR serving as goalkeeper between 1958 and 1961.
Housni Benslimane is the son of ' Benslimane the cousin of ' BenSlimane, a Military grandma who got married and had his chilfren age 46, after her widowing,got married again to a chief political military consiltant which got her grandson, the General, to be a chief during the French protectorate era.[4] [5] He is also the nephew of Abdelkrim al-Khatib,[6] uncle of Ismail Alaoui, the former president of the Party of Progress and Socialism and cousin in said, then before.