Mohamed Benaissa

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Benaissa (at right), meeting with United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Rabat on February 12, 2006.
Benaissa (at right), meeting with United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Rabat on February 12, 2006.

Mohamed Benaissa (Arabic: محمّد بن عيسى) (born January 3, 1937 in Asilah, Morocco) is a politician from Morocco who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of that country from 1999 to 2007.

Benaissa was the Minister of Culture from 1985 until 1992, and the Moroccan ambassador to the United States from 1993 until 1999. In April 1999, King Hassan II appointed Benaissa to the position of Foreign Minister just three months before his death. Benaissa remained in his position under Hassan's successor, King Mohammed VI, until he was replaced by Deputy Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri in the government formed on October 15, 2007 under Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi.[1][2]


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  1. ^ "Morocco Forms New Government", Associated Press (time.com), October 15, 2007.
  2. ^ "Le roi nomme un nouveau gouvernement après des tractations difficiles", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), October 15, 2007 (French).
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