Mokhtar Lamani

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Mokhtar Lamani is a Moroccan ambassador who has had a distinguished career in international diplomacy. He held several positions with the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States (1980–97 / 2006–2007) and was the Permanent Observer of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations (1998–2005).

He served as an Officer in Charge of Iraq-Kuwait dispute, and mediator in the prisoners of war exchange issues; Coordinator for the Secretariat reform and restructuring in Tunis and Cairo (1988-92); Deputy Permanent Observer to the European Community in Brussels (1984–88); Coordinator of the Euro-Arab Dialogue and the Afro-Arab cooperation (1980–94) ; Permanent Observer of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations (1998–2005) ; Special Permanent Representative for Iraq (2006–present).

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As an ambassador of the Arab League, Lamani was sent to Iraq to persuade its bitterly divided Shiite, Sunni Kurdish, and Christian leaders to make peace. He resigned in February 2007, because it was impossible to facilitate an agreement in Iraq from all political parties to accept a peace plan to end the violence. Mr.M.Lamani was in high school at Lycee Mohammed V,Casablanca until 1972 then joined Mohammed V university in Rabat where he got a degree in Political Science in 1975.