Ahmed Laraki

Ahmed Moulay Laraki (Arabic: أحمد العراقي; born 15 October 1931)[1] is a former Moroccan politician who was the Prime Minister of Morocco between October 6, 1969, and August 6, 1971.[2]

Ahmed Laraki

Biography

After having obtained his doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine in Paris in 1957, Ahmed Laraki moved to Casablanca to practice his profession. In 1958, he joined the cabinet of Ahmed Balafrej in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On July 6, 1967, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Benhima government.

In the sixties, he was ambassador to Madrid and Washington.

Two years later, on October 7, 1969, he became Prime Minister of the same government and sold the portfolio of Foreign Affairs to Abdelhadi Boutaleb. On August 6, 1971, he resigned from his post as prime minister after Skhirat's coup. Mohammed Karim Lamrani succeeded him.

He then moved to Paris until April 25, 1974, where he was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the Osman I government. During his tenure, he was part of the Moroccan negotiators' committee of the Madrid Accords, establishing the formalities of the Spanish withdrawal from Western Sahara.

References
  1. Profile of Ahmed Moulay Laraki
  2. "Political Leaders:Morocco". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25.
Preceded by
Mohamed Benhima		 Prime Minister of Morocco
1969 – 1971		 Succeeded by
Mohammed Karim Lamrani



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