According to Article 20 of the
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
When these pri ...
, the crown of Morocco passes according to
agnatic primogeniture among the descendants of
King Mohammed VI – unless the reigning monarch designates a younger son as
heir apparent
An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...
– failing which it devolves to "the closest male in the collateral consanguinity".
Current line of succession
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Sultan Yusef (1882–1927)''
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King Mohammed V (1909–1961)''
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King Hassan II (1929–1999)''
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King Mohammed VI (born 1963)
*****(1)
Crown Prince Moulay Hassan (born 2003)
****(2)
Prince Moulay Rachid (born 1970)
*****(3) Prince Moulay Ahmed (born 2016)
*****(4) Prince Moulay Abdeslam (born 2022)
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Prince Moulay Abdallah (1935–1983)''
****(5)
Prince Moulay Hicham (born 1964)
****(6)
Prince Moulay Ismail (born 1981)
*****(7) Sharif Moulay Abdallah (born 2010)
**''Prince Moulay Idriss (1908–1962)''
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Prince Moulay Ali (1924–1988)
****(8)
Sharif Moulay Abdallah (born 1965)
****(9)
Sharif Moulay Youssef (born 1969)
See also
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List of rulers of Morocco
This is a list of rulers of Morocco since 789. The common and formal titles of these rulers has varied, depending on the time period. Since 1957, the designation King has been used.
The present King of Morocco is Mohammed VI of the Alawi dyna ...
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History of Morocco
The history of human habitation in Morocco spans since the Lower Paleolithic, with the earliest known being Jebel Irhoud. Much later Morocco was part of Iberomaurusian culture, including Taforalt. It dates from the establishment of Mauretania an ...
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Order of succession
An order, line or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated, such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.[Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...]
Morocco politics-related lists
Moroccan monarchy
Line of succession
References