| Yahya Bennani | |
| Office: | Ambassador of Morocco to Kuwait |
| Term Start: | December 2011 |
| Office1: | Consult General of Morocco in Colombes |
| Term Start1: | 2007 |
| Term End1: | December 2011 |
| Office2: | Adviser in the cabinet of the Minister of Foreign affairs |
| Term Start2: | 2003 |
| Term End2: | 2007 |
| Office3: | Adviser in the Cabinet of the Director of the DGED |
| Term Start3: | 1996 |
| Term End3: | 2003 |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1962 |
Yahya Bennani, also spelled Yahia Bennani (Arabic: يحيى بناني; born 3 December 1962) is a Moroccan diplomat currently serving as the ambassador of Morocco to Kuwait.[1] Yahya Bennani is the son of General Abdelziz Bennani.[2] [3]
Bennani is a graduate of the Moroccan school of administration ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration).[4] In 1992 he worked as a division chief in the Moroccan external intelligence agency, the DGED.[4] In 1994 he held the position of adviser in the Moroccan embassy in Paris, before being appointed as an adviser in the cabinet of the DGED's director in 1996, a position he held until 2003, where he became a member of the cabinet of the minister of foreign affairs Mohammed Benaissa.[4]
Between 2007 and 2011 he was Consul General in Colombes. In 2011 he became ambassador of Morocco to Kuwait.[4]