Ahmed Boutaleb أحمد بوطالب | |
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Ex-Inspector General of the Royal Air Force | |
Assumed office 1998 | |
Preceded by | Abdelaziz Alaoui Mrani |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 (age 77–78)
[1] Tahla, Taza Province, Morocco [1] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Morocco |
Branch/service | Royal Moroccan Air Force |
Years of service | 1964–present |
Rank | General |
Commands | Royal Moroccan Air Force |
Battles/wars | Western Sahara War |
General Ahmed Boutaleb ( Arabic: أحمد بوطالب – born 1946 in Tahla, Taza province) is the Ex-Inspector of the Royal Moroccan Air Force. [2] [3] [4]
Ahmed Boutaleb joined the air force in 1964 as part of a new class of air force officers that were recruited after the 1963 sand war. In 1977 he held the rank of captain. [1]
Towards the end of Hassan II's reign, Boutaleb was appointed as the aide-de-camp of then crown prince Sidi Mohammed and was promoted sometime afterwards to the rank of Colonel Major then to his current position, replacing General Abdelaziz Alaoui M'rani. [2] He had started his career in the military as a C-130 pilot and was trained in the United States. [2]
Ahmed Boutaleb is from the Beni Ourain (also known as Beni Warain), a Zenata tribe of the region south of Taza. [4]