Taib Cherkaoui

Mulay Taib Cherkaoui
Taieb Cherkaoui in May 2011.
Minister of the Interior of Morocco
In office
5 January 2010 – 3 January 2012
Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi
Preceded by Chakib Benmoussa
Succeeded by Mohand Laenser
Personal details
Born 1949

Taib Cherkaoui (born 1949) is the current Interior Minister of Morocco.

He was appointed to the post in January 2010, succeeding Chakib Benmoussa.[1]

Legal career

Cherkaoui was born in 1949 and worked for years as a public prosecutor, and served the government as director of criminal affairs for the Justice Ministry.[2] He was eventually appointed president of the Moroccan Supreme Court.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Moroccan king names new interior minister in reshuffle". Reuters. 5 January 2010. http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE60403E20100105. 
  2. ^ Belghazi, Naoufal (7 June 2007). "Maroc : La police sous surveillance" (in French). L'Economiste. http://www.bladi.net/maroc-police-torture.html. 
  3. ^ "Moroccan King reshuffles cabinet to speed up decentralization". Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 5 January 2010. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1523331.php/Moroccan-king-reshuffles-cabinet-to-speed-up-decentralization.