Azzeddine Laraki


Azzeddine Laraki was a politician who served as prime minister in Morocco.

Early life

He was born in Fes on 1 May 1929.

Career

Laraki served as the minister of education for nine years from 1976 to 1987 and as Prime Minister of Morocco from 30 September 1986 to 11 August 1992. During his term as education minister, he Arabicized the Moroccan education system. Laraki was secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference from 1997 to 2000. He also served as an aggregate professor at Mohammed V University's the Faculty of Medicine, and a member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco. In addition, he was author of various literary and scholarly publications.

Death

Laraki died in Rabat, Morocco on 1 February 2010 at the age of 80.