Khalid Naciri (; 5 March 1946 – 5 April 2023) was a Moroccan politician of the

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. Between 2007 and 2012, he held the position of Minister of Communications and Spokesperson of the Government in the cabinet of

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. Khalid Naciri was born in Casablanca and studied in the

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( Lycée Lyautey); in 1970 he graduated with a bachelor in law from the "Casablanca faculty of law" and the

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. He then worked as a lawyer and was an active member of Morocco's communist party. Naciri died on 5 April 2023, at the age of 77.

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1946 births 2023 deaths Ministers of communications of Morocco Politicians from Casablanca 20th-century Moroccan lawyers Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni Mohammed V University alumni Alumni of Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca) Academic staff of the University of Hassan II Casablanca Party of Progress and Socialism politicians {{Morocco-politician-stub

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