Yassine Mansouri
Mohammed Yassine Mansouri (Arabic: محمد ياسين المنصوري; born April 2, 1962) is a Moroccan dignitary who is serving the director of Morocco's external intelligence agency, the General Directorate for Studies and Documentation since February 16, 2005.[2][3][4] He previously served as the director of the Moroccan state-owned press agency, Maghreb Arabe Presse in November 1999, then as Director-General of Home Affairs at the Ministry of the Interior.[2][5][6]
Yassine Mansouri | |
|---|---|
ياسين المنصوري | |
| Director-General of the General Directorate for Studies and Documentation | |
| Assumed office February 16, 2005 | |
| Appointed by | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Harchi |
| Director-General of Home Affairs | |
| In office March 31, 2003 – February 16, 2005 | |
| Appointed by | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
| Director of Maghreb Arabe Presse | |
| In office November 19, 1999 – March 31, 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 2, 1962[1] Boujad, Morocco |
| Education | Royal College |
| Alma mater | Mohammed V University |
Biography
Mansouri was born in Boujad, near Beni Mellal, in 1962. He is the son of Hajj Abderrahmane Mansouri, a religious professor and preacher from Bzou who moved to Boujad after his retirement.[7][2] He was a classmate of Mohammed VI at the Royal College in Rabat.[2][8] He received a law degree and two graduate degrees in public law in 1983 from Mohammed V University.[9] He started his career at the Ministry of Information and later the Ministry of the Interior.[9][10]
Personal life
He was described in a biography written by Driss Bennani for TelQuel as "extremely reserved and discreet, even shy".[2] Mansouri is married and has 4 children.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "DAG : Un rôle important". Aujourd'hui le Maroc. 23 May 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Driss Bennani (23 October 2010). . TelQuel. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ Lagarde, Dominique; Jebbar, Ahlam (2005-10-13). "Plus près de Sa Majesté". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Morocco/Algeria: Military leaders in the shadows". The Africa Report.com. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ Soudan, Francois. "Mohamed Yassine Mansouri – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Portraits". La Gazette du Maroc. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Mort d'un sage". Maroc-Hebdo. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ gherrrabi (2021-06-03). "Un Zoom sur M. Abdellatif Hammouchi, et M. Mohamed Yassine El Mansouri, les yeux qui veillent sur le Royaume du Maroc". Afrique L'Adulte (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ a b "Mohamed Yassine Mansouri, le nouveau patron de la MAP". Maghress. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Mohamed-Yassine Mansouri a une expérience diversifiée : une connaissance du secteur de l'information et de la communication et une ouverture à l'international. Le "joker" du Roi". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 2022-02-22.