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Hassan II
Hassan II was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. Before his accession, he served as Crown Prince of Morocco from 1957 to 1961 and held key positions including commander-in-chief of the Royal Armed Forces and deputy prime minister. He was the eldest son of Mohammed V, who led Morocco to independence from French & Spanish rule.
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Born 9 July 1929 · Died 23 July 1999 · Q69103
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2025· 2 entries
The Times of Israel: When Hassan II Declared Arabs Were the Gravediggers of Their Cause [2/3]
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2023· 1 entry
fact checker rated the claim “The image shows 800,000 people gathered in Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca for the Tarawih prayers on March 25, 2023.” misleading.
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2004· 1 entry
The Equity and Reconciliation Commission was created by Mohammed to investigate human rights abuses during his father's reign
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1999· 1 entry
Died 1999-07-23.
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1998· 1 entry
The first opposition-led government was elected
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (1994).
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
More than a hundred public companies were privatized
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1991· 1 entry
Pardoned two thousand prisoners, including political prisoners and people held in secret prisons including in Tazmamart
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1990· 2 entries
Following riots in Fez, Hassan set up the Consultative Human Rights Council to look into allegations of abuse by the State
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Of Gilles Perrault's Our Friend the King, describing detention conditions in Tazmamart, the repression of left-wing opponents and Sahrawis, political assassinations, and the poor socioeconomic conditions in which the maj
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Alfonso X (1989).
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1988· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Elephant (1988).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Paul Cézanne University (1988).
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The contract for the construction of the Great Mosque of Casablanca, a considerable project in scale, financed through compulsory contributions, was awarded to a civil engineering firm owned by Francis Bouygues, one of t
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1984· 1 entry
As a result of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) joining the Organisation of African Unity two years prior, Hassan declared the suspension of Morocco's membership of the organisation
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1980).
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1979· 2 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Charles III (1979).
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“s membership of the organisation. Morocco entered into a diplomatic crisis with Burkinabé President Thomas Sankara following his decision to recognize the SADR. Hassan was close to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, even hosting him in 1979 when he was exiled. Armed conflicts On 14 October 1963, the Sand War was declared as a result of failed negotiations over borders inherited from French colonialism between Hassan and Algeria”
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1977· 1 entry
Served as a key backchannel in peace talks between Egypt and Israel, hosting secret meetings between Israeli and Egyptian officials; these meetings led to the Egypt–Israel peace treaty
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1975· 2 entries
Created the Al-Quds Committee, a non-governmental organization aimed to "preserve the Arab-Muslim character" of Jerusalem
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Hassan organized the Green March, a mass mobilization aimed at asserting Moroccan sovereignty over the former Spanish Sahara, leading to Morocco’s control over much of the territory and the onset of the prolonged Western
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1972· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity (1972–1973).
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1971· 1 entry
And the air force attack in 1972—both of which he survived, reinforcing his determination to centralize power and maintain control over the military and political system
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1969· 2 entries
And gained control of two-thirds of what was formerly Spanish Sahara through the Green March in 1975
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Nearly a decade after the latter's declaration of independence
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1967· 1 entry
Launched an irrigation project consisting of over a million hectares of land
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Pahlavi (1966).
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1963· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1963).
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And growing domestic opposition that culminated in the Casablanca protests of 1965
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1962· 2 entries
Hassan and his aides wrote Morocco's first constitution, defining the kingdom as a social and democratic constitutional monarchy, making Islam the state religion, and creating the title of Amir al-Mu'minin and "supreme r
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Promulgated Morocco’s first constitution, which formally established a constitutional monarchy and a multi-party political system while reserving extensive executive powers for the crown
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1961· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the Yugoslav Star (1961).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1961).
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Hassan inherited a fragile political system as many parts of the country were still under foreign control, police and military were scattered and often ruled by political parties
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Career landmark: King of Morocco (1961–1999).
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1957· 1 entry
Hassan was proclaimed Crown Prince on 9 July 1957
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1956· 1 entry
Met French actress Etchika Choureau in Cannes and began a relationship with her
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1952· 1 entry
Earned a master's degree in public law from the University of Bordeaux before serving in the French Navy on board the Jeanne d'Arc cruiser
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1947· 1 entry
Attended his father's speech in what was then the Tangier International Zone
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1943· 1 entry
A twelve-year-old Hassan attended the Casablanca Conference at the Anfa Hotel along with his father, where he met United States President Franklin D
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-07-09.
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