Mohammed VI محمد السادس ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵉⵙ ⵚⴹⵉⵚ |
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King of Morocco | |||||
Reign | 23 July 1999 – present | ||||
Predecessor | Hassan II | ||||
Heir apparent | Moulay Hassan | ||||
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Born |
Rabat, Morocco |
21 August 1963 ||||
Spouse | Salma Bennani (m. 2001) | ||||
Issue Detail |
Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco Princess Lalla Khadija |
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House | House of Alaouite | ||||
Father | Hassan II | ||||
Mother | Lalla Latifa Hammou | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Full name | |
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Sidi Mohammed |
Royal styles of King Mohammed VI of Morocco |
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Reference style | His Majesty |
Spoken style | Your Majesty |
Mohammed VI (Arabic: محمد السادس, Berber: ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵉⵙ ⵚⴹⵉⵚ; born 21 August 1963) is the King of Morocco. He ascended to the throne on 23 July 1999 upon the death of his father, King Hassan II.
Mohammed was the second child and oldest son of Hassan II and his second wife, Lalla Latifa Hammou. On the day of his birth, Mohammed was appointed Heir Apparent and Crown Prince. His father was keen on giving him a religious and political education from an early age— at the age of four, he started attending the Qur'anic school at the Royal Palace.
Mohammed completed his primary and secondary studies at Royal College and attained his Baccalaureate in 1981, before gaining a bachelor's degree in law at the Mohammed V University at Agdal in 1985. His research paper dealt with "the Arab-African Union and the Strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco in matters of International Relations". He has also frequented the Imperial College and University of Rabat. He was furthermore appointed President of the Pan Arab Games, and was commissioned a Colonel Major of the Royal Moroccan Army on 26 November 1985. He served as the Coordinator of the Offices and Services of the Royal Armed Forces until 1994.
In 1987, Mohammed obtained his first Certificat d'Études Supérieures (CES) in political sciences, and in July 1988 he obtained a Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA) in public law. In November 1988, he trained in Brussels with Jacques Delors, then-President of the European Commission.