Ahmed Osman | |
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أحمد عصمان | |
Prime Minister of Morocco | |
In office 2 November 1972 – 22 March 1979 | |
Monarch | Hassan II |
Preceded by | Mohammed Karim Lamrani |
Succeeded by | Maati Bouabid |
Personal details | |
Born | Oujda, Morocco | 3 January 1930
Political party | National Rally of Independents |
Spouse | |
Children | Moulay Nawfal Osman Ali Osman |
Parent(s) | Muhammad Osman Sofia Malti |
Ahmed Osman ( Arabic: أحمد عصمان; born 3 January 1930) [1] [2] is a Moroccan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Morocco between 2 November 1972, and 22 March 1979. [3] He was the eighth prime minister of Morocco and served under king Hassan II. [4] [5]
Osman was born on 3 January 1930 in Oujda. He studied at the Collège Royal in Rabat with Hassan II. [6] He studied law in Rabat college, where he obtained his license, and in Bordeaux, where he received the diplomas of higher studies in public law and of private law. [7] [8] He also founded the National Rally of Independents. [9] [10]
Osman held many positions in the Government. He was Secretary General Ministry of National Defence (1959–1961), Ambassador to Federal Republic of Germany (1961–1962) and the United States (1967–1972), [11] Under Secretary Ministry of Mines and Industry (1962–1964), President of the Moroccan General Navigation Company (1964–1967), Prime Minister (1972–1979), President of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) from 1977, [12] and President of the House of Representatives (1984–1992). [13]
Osman began his career as prime minister by a visit to France on diplomatic mission. On 3 December 1977, Osman met with President Jimmy Carter of the United States to deliver a personal message from the King, along with ambassador Abdelmajid Benjelloun. [14] [15] On 9 March 1978, Osman visited the Soviet Union, signing a long-term agreement between the USSR and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco on the Soviet side. [16]
He was married to Princess Lalla Nuzha of Morocco, a sister of King Hassan II, from 1964 to her death in 1977. [17] [18] The couple had a son:
From his second marriage, Ahmed had another son:
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