Fadel Benyaich

Fadel Benyaich
Ambassador of Morocco to Spain
Assumed office
11 February 2014
Preceded by Souilem Ould Ahmed
Senior member of the Royal Cabinet
Assumed office
1999
Personal details
Born 1963 (age 51–52)
Rabat, Morocco
Alma mater Collège Royale de Rabat

Fadel Benyaich or Benaich (Arabic: فاضل بن يعيش‎; born 1963–Rabat, Morocco) is a senior member of the royal cabinet of king Mohammed VI, reportedly in charge of relations with Spain.[1][2][3] He studied at the Collège Royal with Mohammed VI.[3]

Benyaich is the current Moroccan ambassador in Spain, having replaced Souilem Ould Ahmed.[4]

Business

Benayaich holds the franchise of French traiteur and pastry chef Patrick Lenôtre and runs boutiques in Rabat and Casablanca.[5]

Personal life

Fadel Benyaich is the son of a surgeon who worked as the personal physician of Hassan II and was shot dead during the failed coup attempt in 1971,[3] in addtittion to being the nephew of Colonel Ben Aïch, a close collaborator of General Moulay Hafid Alaoui, and who held this military rank without any military training.[6][7]

His mother is Spanish from the region of Granada and his sister, Karima Benyaich, is the Ambassador of Morocco to Portugal.[3][8] Another of sister of his, Inane Benayaich is the director of the Centre Régional d'Investissement de Rabat.[5]

Benyaich married twice, the first time with Aïcha Messaoudi, a Notary who was sentenced to 8-months in prison in 2013 after she declared to the press that a number of high-ranking officials consumed cocaine.[5]

Benyaich also holds the Spanish citizenship.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Le membre du cabinet royal Fadel Benyaich donne conférence à New York". Slate Afrique. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Omar DAHBI (27 October 2004). "Qui veut saboter l'opération Canaries ?". Aujourd'hui le Maroc. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Les dessous du retour de Fadel Benyaich". Maghreb Intelligence. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 Ignacio Cembrero (11 December 2013). "El rey Mohamed VI nombra a un gran amigo suyo embajador en España". El Pais. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Adil Boukhima (15 January 2014). "Fadel Benyaich. Le mystérieux ami du roi". Telquel. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Mahjoub Tobji (2006). Les officiers de sa majesté.
  7. ↑ Stephan Smith (2002). Oufkir, un destin marocain.
  8. ↑ Ignacio Cembrero. "Révélations. Îlot Leila. Ce qui s'est vraiment passé". Telqeul N° 218. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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