Mohammed El Alaoui ( ar, محمد العلوي, born 7 July 1974 in

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) is the current

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() of king

Mohammed VI Muhammad VI may refer to: * Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives from 1893 to 1902 * Mehmed VI (1861–1926), sultan of Ottoman Empire, from 1918 to 1922 * Mohammed VI of Morocco Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس ...

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. He is reportedly a very close friend of the monarch, in addition to being his distant

Alaouite The Alawi dynasty ( ar, سلالة العلويين الفيلاليين, translit=sulālat al-ʿalawiyyīn al-fīlāliyyīn) – also rendered in English as Alaouite, Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and reigning d ...

cousin.

Family

Mohammed El Alaoui is the son of Zine El Abidine El Alaoui and Lalla Oum Kalthum Alaoui. His mother Lalla Oum Kalthum is the daughter of , ''khalif'' (representative) of Sultan Mohammed V in the Spanish protectorate and Princess Lalla Fatima Zahra El Azizia, the daughter of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz (r. 1894–1908).'''' His maternal grandfather (Prince Moulay El Hassan ben El Mehdi) was also the second husband of Princess Lalla Aicha, aunt of Mohammed VI and younger sister of

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. His mother is reportedly very close to

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Life and business activities

Mohammed El Alaoui was educated in the Lycée Regnault and got his ''Baccalauréat'' in 1993. He obtained in 1999 a

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in international trade from the university of Paris Assas. He is active in business in the real-estate and tourism sectors especially in the city of Tangiers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:ALAOUI, Mohammed 1974 births Living people Moroccan princes Advisors of Mohammed VI of Morocco Moroccan businesspeople Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni People from Tangier