Mohamed El Mediouri ( ar, محمد المديوري; born 8 April 1938 in

Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

) is the former chief of the personal security, and the senior bodyguard, of King

Hassan II of Morocco Hassan II ( ar, الحسن الثاني, translit=al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī;), with the prefix "Mulay" before his enthronement 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was the King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was a member of the 'Ala ...

. Outside his official security position inside the palace he was the president of Kawakab Marrakesh football club and the Moroccan Athletics federation. After the death of Hassan II he married the king's widow Lalla Latifa and settled in France. He was discharged of all of his official positions. El Mediouri was also involved in business, he was the exclusive distributor of

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Talkie Walkies in Morocco. His son reportedly still runs this business.

Early life

Mohammed Mediouri started his career as policeman in the CMI (''compagnie marocaine d'intervention''), the riot control division of the Moroccan police. After the coups attempts of the early 1970s Hassan II realised that his security was insufficient and tasked Raymond Sassia (former bodyguard of

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) with the formation of a new security for the monarch. 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 1999, he married the widow of King Hassan II.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mediouri, Mohamed 1938 births Living people Moroccan police officers People from Marrakesh 20th-century Moroccan businesspeople Moroccan expatriates in France Bodyguards

Early life

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