34°0′4.86″N 6°50′30.21″W / 34.0013500°N 6.8417250°W / 34.0013500; -6.8417250 The Royal College (
Arabic : المدرسة المولوية al-madrasa al-mawlawiya ,
French : Collège royal ) is an education establishment located inside the royal palace in
Rabat . Since its foundation in 1942 during the
French Protectorate , it has specialized in the education of princes and princesses of the
Alaouite dynasty . Its director is Abdeljalil Lahjomri.
[1]
History
The Royal Academy was created in 1942 by
Mohammed V under the
French protectorate .
[2] This came after the monarch initially tried to send his son
Hassan II to the
École des Roches [
fr ] in France but couldn't because of
World War II . The school opens a class for each senior member of the
Alaouite Royal family. It previously opened classes for Hassan II,
Moulay Abdallah ,
Lalla Amina , Mohammed VI, the daughters of Hassan II:
Lalla Meryem ,
Lalla Asma ,
Lalla Hasna ;
Prince Moulay Rachid ,
Prince Moulay Ismail , Sharifa Lalla Soukaïna Filali
[3] and
Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco .
Classes
Class of Prince Moulay Hassan
Some of the attendees:
[2]
Class of Princess Lalla Amina
Some of the attendees:
[4]
Class of Prince Sidi Mohammed
The class was opened officially in 1973.
[3]
Mohammed VI
Fouad Ali El Himma *
Yassine Mansouri
Noureddine Bensouda
Rochdi Chraibi *
Fadel Benyaich
Driss Ait Mbarek ,
[5] Governor of Figuig
Anas Khalès
[5] Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland
Samir El Yazidi ,
[5] Governor of Tiznit
Hassan Aourid *
Karim Ramzi ,
[6] a photographer and son of former Health Minister Ahmed Ramzi.
[7]
Zouheir Ibrahimi, the son of the personal
tailor of Hassan II, he currently holds a high position in the Ministry of the Interior
[2]
[3]
Naim Temsamani, was excluded from the school in 1977 (along with another student) because he was good at mathematics whereas the class was oriented to literary studies.
[3]
Prince Hicham Alaoui , until September 1972.
[8]
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan , Emir of Abu Dhabi, briefly until the age of 10.
[8]
Princess Meryem Alaoui , attended before the creation of her female-only class
[8]
* joined in 1977
Class of Prince Moulay Rachid
Some of the attendees:
People who worked at the Royal Academy
Mehdi Ben Barka , was the teacher of mathematics for Crown Prince Hassan II.
Ahmed Bahnini , taught Arabic for the class of Crown Prince Hassan II.
Pierre Lagisquet, classics professor for the class of Princess Lalla Amina.
[10]
References
Family and education
Immediate Extended Education
Entourage
Advisors and/or members of the royal cabinet Security officials Senior bureaucrats No official position
[1] Senior media-bureaucrats
Business interests
Rule
Elections & referenda Patronage