Abdelouahed Belkeziz | |
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Secretary-General of Organisation of the Islamic Conference | |
In office 2001 – 31 December 2004 |
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Preceded by | Azeddine Laraki |
Succeeded by | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 July 1939 |
Nationality | Moroccan |
Alma mater |
Mohammed V University University of Rennes |
Profession | Lawyer, politician, diplomat |
Religion | Islam |
Abdelouahed Belkeziz, CBE (/ˈɑːbduˈwɑːhəd ˈbəlkəˈziz/ pronunciation Arabic: عبد الواحد بلقزيز; born 5 July 1939) is a Moroccan lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as the eighth Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) from 2001 to 2004.
Abdelouahed Belkeziz was born on 5 July 1939 in Marrakech. He attended Sidi Mohammed College, Marrakech and Moulay Youssef High School, Rabat. He studied law at the Faculty of Law, Mohammed V University, Rabat, and obtained his PhD in law from the University of Rennes in France.