10 Facts About Abdellatif Filali

Abdellatif Filali was a Moroccan politician and diplomat who served as the eleventh Prime Minister of Morocco from 25 May 1994 to 4 February 1998.

Abdellatif Filali was the 11th prime minister of Morocco and served under King Hassan II.

The son of a judge, Abdellatif Filali had studied law in France before opting for a diplomatic career.

Abdellatif Filali began his diplomatic career at the United Nations as Charge d'affaires of Morocco in 1958 and 1959 in New York, then in France from 1961 to 1962.

Abdellatif Filali served as the Morocco's ambassador to several significant countries, including Spain, Algeria, the United Kingdom and China.

Abdellatif Filali served as foreign minister of Morocco from 1985 to 1999.

Abdellatif Filali initiated TV broadcasts in the Moroccan Berber dialects.

Abdellatif Filali was replaced by Abderrahmane Youssoufi as prime minister in 1998.

Abdellatif Filali was married to a French woman, Anne Belghmi Zwobada, putative daughter of Jacques Zwobada, with whom he had a daughter, Yasmina, and a son, Fuad Abdellatif Filali; the ex-CEO of Morocco's largest private company ONA Group and the former husband of Lalla Meryem, who is the daughter of late Hassan II and elder sister of Mohammed VI.

Abdellatif Filali died on 20 March 2009 in the Paris suburb of Clamart due to a heart failure.