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Fadel Benyaich

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Fadel Benyaich
Ambassador of Morocco to Spain
In office
11 February 2014 – 2018
Preceded byAhmedou Ould Souilem
Succeeded byKarima Benyaich
Senior member of the Royal Cabinet
Incumbent
Assumed office
1999
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Rabat, Morocco
Alma materCollège Royale de Rabat

Fadel Benyaich or Benaich (Arabic: فاضل بن يعيش; born 1963 in Rabat, Morocco) is a senior member of the royal cabinet of King Mohammed VI, reportedly in charge of relations with Spain.[1][2][3] He studied at the Collège Royal with Mohammed VI.[3][4]

Diplomatic career

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Fadel Benyaich became the Moroccan ambassador to Spain in February 2014, replacing Ahmed Ould Souilem.[5] In February 2015, he met with a Moroccan national, Mustapha El Yakoubi, who was requesting regularization in Spain. El Yakoubi refused the proposed conditions and later set himself on fire in front of the Moroccan embassy in December 2016.[6]

In 2017, he was replaced in this position by his sister, Karima Benyaich.[7][8][9] Initially considered for the position of Moroccan ambassador to Romania,[10][11] he was ultimately not confirmed for this post.

Business

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Benayaich holds the franchise of French traiteur and pastry chef Patrick Lenôtre and runs boutiques in Rabat and Casablanca.[12]

Personal life

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Fadel Benyaich is the son of a surgeon who worked as the personal physician of Hassan II and was shot dead during the failed coup attempt in 1971,[3] in addtittion to being the nephew of Colonel Ben Aïch, a close collaborator of General Moulay Hafid Alaoui, and who held this military rank without any military training.[13][14]

His mother is Spanish from the region of Granada and his sister, Karima Benyaich, is the Ambassador of Morocco to Portugal.[3][15] Another of sister of his, Inane Benayaich is the director of the Centre Régional d'Investissement de Rabat.[12]

Benyaich also holds Spanish citizenship.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Le membre du cabinet royal Fadel Benyaich donne conférence à New York". Slate Afrique. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Omar DAHBI (27 October 2004). "Qui veut saboter l'opération Canaries ?". Aujourd'hui le Maroc. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Les dessous du retour de Fadel Benyaich". Maghreb Intelligence. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b Ignacio Cembrero (11 December 2013). "El rey Mohamed VI nombra a un gran amigo suyo embajador en España". El Pais. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. ^ Cembrero, Ignacio (2013-12-13). "El rey Mohamed VI nombra a un gran amigo suyo embajador en España". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  6. ^ "L'ambassade du Maroc en Espagne suit de près l'état de santé d'un ressortissant marocain qui a tenté de s'immoler par le feu à Madrid". Maroc Diplomatique (in French). 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  7. ^ "Comment Nasser Bourita a choisi Fadel Benyaïch et Taieb Fassi-Fihri pour « montrer ses biceps »". Maghreb Intelligence (in Arabic). 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  8. ^ "Karima Benyaich remplace son frère Fadel Benyaich à l'ambassade du Maroc en Espagne". bladinet (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  9. ^ "Fadel Benyaïch n'ira pas en Roumanie". Le1 (in French). 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  10. ^ "Diplomatie: Fadel Benyaich passe de Madrid à Bucarest, un déclassement?". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  11. ^ "Fadel Benyaich condamné au purgatoire roumain". Le Desk (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  12. ^ a b Adil Boukhima (15 January 2014). "Fadel Benyaich. Le mystérieux ami du roi". Telquel. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  13. ^ Mahjoub Tobji (2006). Les officiers de sa majesté.
  14. ^ Stephan Smith (2002). Oufkir, un destin marocain.
  15. ^ Ignacio Cembrero. "Révélations. Îlot Leila. Ce qui s'est vraiment passé". Telqeul N° 218. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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