12 Facts About Azzeddine Laraki

Azzeddine Laraki was a Moroccan politician who served as the tenth Prime Minister of Morocco from 1986 to 1992.

Azzeddine Laraki was the tenth prime minister and served under king Hassan II.

Azzeddine Laraki later served as Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference from 1997 to 2000, the first Moroccan to hold that position.

Azzeddine Laraki is mentioned by Ibn Battuta in his rihla.

Azzeddine Laraki received his primary and secondary education in Fez before joining the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, from which he obtained his doctorate in 1957.

Azzeddine Laraki published several medical and literary researches inside and outside Morocco.

Azzeddine Laraki was a member of the Moroccan Writers Union and several national and international scientific societies.

Azzeddine Laraki was a member in the Istiqlal Party, but then decided to disengage from the party and become individual.

Azzeddine Laraki served as the minister of education for nine years from 1976 to 1987 and as Prime Minister of Morocco from 30 September 1986 to 11 August 1992.

In January 1986, Mr Azzeddine Laraki was elected president of the executive committee of the Arab Union for Physical Education and Sports, during the meeting in Rabat of the founding of this Union.

Azzeddine Laraki served as an aggregate professor at Mohammed V University's the Faculty of Medicine, and a member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Azzeddine Laraki died in Rabat, Morocco, on 1 February 2010 at the age of 80.