| Mohamed Cherkaoui | |
| Office: | Minister of Development of Morocco |
| Term Start: | 8 June 1965 |
| Term End: | 11 November 1967 |
| Predecessor: | Position created |
| Successor: | Position abolished |
| Primeminister: | None |
| Office2: | Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance |
| Term Start2: | 20 August 1964 |
| Term End2: | 3 November 1965 |
| Predecessor2: | Driss Slaoui |
| Successor2: | Mamoun Tahiri |
| Monarch2: | Hassan II of Morocco |
| Primeminister2: | Ahmed Bahnini |
| Office3: | Ambassador of Morocco to France |
| Term Start3: | 2 June 1961 |
| Term End3: | 1 December 1964 |
| Predecessor3: | Abdellatif Benjelloun |
| Successor3: | Moulay Ali Alaoui |
| Monarch3: | Hassan II of Morocco |
| Office4: | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
| Term Start4: | 27 May 1960 |
| Term End4: | 16 May 1961 |
| Predecessor4: | Mohamed Medbouh |
| Monarch4: | Mohammed V of Morocco Hassan II of Morocco |
| Primeminister4: | Mbarek Bekkaï |
| Office5: | Minister of State of Morocco |
| Term Start5: | 7 December 1955 |
| Term End5: | 26 October 1956 |
| Predecessor5: | Position created |
| Monarch5: | Mohammed V of Morocco |
| Primeminister5: | Mbarek Bekkaï |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Bejaad, French Morocco |
| Death Place: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Children: | Moulay Sulaiman Cherkaoui Moulay Omar Cherkaoui Moulay Mehdi Cherkaoui Lalla Rabia Cherkaoui |
| Party: | Democratic Independence Party |
Mohamed Cherkaoui (5 March 1921 – 31 December 2022) was a Moroccan politician and diplomat. Cherkaoui was a signatory of the Proclamation of Independence of Morocco of 1944. He held several ministerial positions in the Moroccan government, including Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance from 1964 to 1965, as well as Ambassador to France from 1961 to 1964.
Cherkaoui was married to Princess Lalla Malika of Morocco, sister of late King Hassan II of Morocco, with whom he had four children.[1]
Cherkaoui was born in Bejaad in the French protectorate of Morocco on 5 March 1921.[1] He completed secondary school in Casablanca and obtained his law degree from the University of Bordeaux in France.[1] He also received a diploma in geography and history from Hautes Études de Rabat.[1] He was the director of the La Voix nationale newspaper from 1943 to 1944.[1] [2]
Cherkaoui was appointed Minister of State from 1955 to 1956. During this time, Cherkaoui, Abderrahim Bouabid, Driss M'hammedi and Ahmed Réda Guédira led the Moroccan delegation which negotiated the kingdom's independence from France and Spain.[1] Cherkaoui later served as Morocco's Ambassador to France from 1961 to 1964. Mohamed Cherkaoui died in Rabat, Morocco on 31 December 2022, at the age of 101.[1]