Monarch King Hassan II | Name Azzeddine Laraki Resigned August 11, 1992 Role Politician | |
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Born 1 May 1929
Fes, Morocco ( 1929-05-01 ) Died February 1, 2010, Rabat, Morocco | ||
Political party Independent politician Preceded by Mohammed Karim Lamrani Succeeded by Mohammed Karim Lamrani | ||
Azzeddine Laraki (Arabic: عز الدين العراقي ʻAz ud-Dīn al-ʻArāqī) (1 May 1929 – 1 February 2010) was a politician who served as prime minister in Morocco.
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Early life
He was born in Fes on 1 May 1929.
Career
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. During his term as education minister, he Arabicized the Moroccan education system. Laraki was secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference from 1997 to 2000. He also 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. In addition, he was author of various literary and scholarly publications.
Death
Laraki died in Rabat, Morocco on 1 February 2010 at the age of 80.