Saad Hassar | |
Office: | Secretary of State for the Interior |
Term Start: | 19 September 2007 |
Term End: | 3 January 2012 |
Predecessor: | Fouad Ali El Himma (as Delegate-Minister of the Interior) |
Successor: | Charki Draiss (as Delegate-Minister of the Interior) |
Party: | Independent |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1953 |
Birth Place: | Salé, Morocco |
Alma Mater: | École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP) Paul Sabatier University |
Occupation: | Politician, engineer |
Saad Hassar (Arabic: سعد حصار - born 21 February 1953, Salé) is a Moroccan politician. Between 2007 and 2012, he was Secretary of State for the Interior in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi, succeeding Fouad Ali El Himma.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Saad Hassar studied at the Mission laïque française of Rabat (Lycée Descartes) and at the École Spéciale des Travaux Publics of Paris.[1] He is a nephew of Abdelkrim al-Khatib, co-founder of the National Popular Movement which later became the Justice and Development Party, and cousin of Moroccan Gendarmerie General Hosni Benslimane.[1]