Mohamed Mediouri

Haj Mohamed El Mediouri الحاج محمد مديوري
Mediouri in 1994
President of Kawkab Marrakesh F.C
In office 1984 – December 2002
President of the Moroccan Athletics Federation
In office 1993 – July 2001
Succeeded by	Abdeslam Ahizoune
Chief of the Royal Security
In office 1976 – 22 May 2000[1]
Preceded by	Hadj Ahmed El Faqir
Succeeded by	Aziz Jaidi
Personal details
Born	(1938-04-08) 8 April 1938 (age 86) Marrakesh, Morocco
Spouse	Lalla Latifa ​ ​ (m. 2000; died 2024)​
Children	Fatima Zahra Mediouri Monsif Mediouri[2]
Relatives	Princess Lalla Meryem (stepdaughter) King Mohammed VI (stepson) Princess Lalla Asma (stepdaughter) Princess Lalla Hasna (stepdaughter) Prince Moulay Rachid (stepson)

Haj Mohamed El Mediouri (Arabic: الحاج محمد المديوري; born 8 April 1938 in Marrakesh)[2] is the former chief of the personal security, and the senior bodyguard, of King Hassan II of Morocco.[3][4][5]

Outside his official security position inside the palace, he was the president of Kawakab Marrakesh football club and the Moroccan Athletics federation.[2]

After the death of Hassan II, he married his widow Lalla Latifa and settled in France.[6][7] He was discharged of all of his official positions.[8]

El Mediouri was also involved in business, he was the exclusive distributor of Motorola Talkie Walkies in Morocco.[6] His son reportedly still runs this business.[6]

Biography

Haj Mohammed Mediouri started his career as policeman in the CMI (compagnie marocaine d'intervention),[6] the riot control division of the Moroccan police. After the coups attempts of the early 1970s Hassan II realized that his security was insufficient and tasked Raymond Sassia (former bodyguard of Charles de Gaulle) with the formation of a new security for the monarch.[3] Sassia recruited and trained, with the assistance of Hadj Ahmed El Faqir, Mediouri among others, but he became close to the king, and he eventually replaced Sassia in the late 1970s as chief of security in the royal palace.

In May 2000, he married Princess Lalla Latifa, the widow of King Hassan II.[8][3]

See also

• Aziz Jaidi
• Lalla Latifa

References

1. "Basri limogé, qui l'aurait cru!". L'Economiste. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
2. Taieb CHADI (28 March 1998). "Portrait du président de la FRMA, Abnégation Popularité incontestée". Maroc hebdo. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
3. Ignace Dalle (9 March 2011). Hassan II entre tradition et absolutisme. Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-66458-3.
4. "La "mystérieuse" agression du beau-père de Mohamed VI". leparisien.fr (in French). 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
5. "Maroc: "mystérieuse" agression de l'ex-chef de la sécurité royale". Le Figaro (in French). AFP. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
6. Mahjoub Tobji (2006-09-13). Les officiers de Sa Majesté:Les dérives des généraux marocains 1956-2006. Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-64072-3.
7. Ali Amar (2009-04-29). Mohammed VI, le grand malentendu (PDF) (in French). Calman-Levy. p. 52. ISBN 978-2-702-14857-0. Mohamed Médiouri ... had married the mother of Mohammed VI, and therefore the former wife of Hassan II, Latifa
8. "MOROCCO : MOHAMED MEDIOURI - 25/05/2000 - Maghreb Confidential". Africa Intelligence. 2000-05-25. Retrieved 2024-01-04.