Mohammed Yassine Mansouri ( ar, محمد ياسين المنصوري; born April 2, 1962) is a Moroccan dignitary who is serving the director of Morocco's external
intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy objectives.
Means of informa ...
, the
General Directorate for Studies and Documentation since February 16, 2005.
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
An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs.
Lists of current ministries of internal affairs
Named "ministry"
* Ministr ...
.
Biography
Mansouri was born in
Boujad
Bouja'd (Moroccan Arabic: , Tamazight: pronunciation: ''Bjaɛd'') is a small city in Khouribga Province , Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco.
Postal Code : 25060.
The city is a suffi spiritual town between the Arabized zone of steps and Berber spe ...
, near
Beni Mellal
Beni Mellal ( ar, بني ملال}, ber, ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ, Ayt Mellal) is a city in north-central Morocco. It is the capital of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region and has a population of 192,676 (2014 census). It sits at the foot of Jbe ...
, in 1962. He is the son of Hajj Abderrahmane Mansouri, a religious professor and preacher from
Bzou who moved to Boujad after his retirement.
He was a classmate of
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 الساد ...
at the
Royal College
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in Rabat.
He received a law degree and two graduate degrees in public law in 1983 from
Mohammed V University
Mohammed V University (, french: Université Mohammed-V de Rabat), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree ( Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez.
History
The uni ...
.
He started his career at the Ministry of Information and later the Ministry of the Interior.
Personal life
He was described in a biography written by Driss Bennani for
TelQuel as "extremely reserved and discreet, even shy".
[ Mansouri is married and has 4 children.][
]
See also
* Fouad Ali El Himma
*Mounir Majidi
Mounir Majidi (full name Mohamed Mounir El Majidi, ar, منير الماجيدي; born 19 January 1965) is a Moroccan businessman. He has been the personal secretary of King Mohammed VI since 2000 and president of the royal holding, SIGER, sin ...
* Abdellatif Hamouchi
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansouri, Yassine
Living people
People from Boujad
Moroccan civil servants
1963 births
Alumni of the Royal College (Rabat)
Directors of intelligence agencies
People of Moroccan intelligence agencies