Abdelhak el Merini | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Moroccan |
Occupation(s) | Intellectual, civil servant, historian |
Employer | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
Known for | Adviser of Mohammed VI of Morocco |
Notable work | Al-Jaysh al-maghribi abra at-tarikh |
Abdelhak Mrini (also known as Abdelhak El Merini, also spelled as Lamrini or Lemrini; Arabic: عبد الحق المريني; born 31 May 1934, Rabat), [1] [2] is a Moroccan historian, civil servant and writer.
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Born in Rabat, [3] Mrini Is the author of several books and was awarded the Moroccan Book Prize for Al-Jaysh al-maghribi abra at-tarikh (The Moroccan Army Through History).
Since December 2010, he has been the Moroccan governments chief historian, [3] replacing Hassan Aourid, and since October 2012, the spokesman of the Royal Palace of Mohammed VI. [3] As spokesman for the palace, after having kept to press releases, he spoke for the first time in an article - via the London-based, Arabic-language daily Acharq Al-Awsat in July 2013. [4]
Official website (in Arabic and French)