Fadel Benyaich or Benaich (Arabic: فاضل بن يعيش; born 1963 in Rabat, Morocco) is a senior member of the royal cabinet of King Mohammed VI, reportedly in charge of relations with Spain.[1][2][3] He studied at the Collège Royal with Mohammed VI.[3] [4]

Business

Benayaich holds the franchise of French traiteur and pastry chef Patrick Lenôtre and runs boutiques in Rabat and Casablanca.[5]

Personal life

Fadel Benyaich is the son of a surgeon who worked as the personal physician of Hassan II and was shot dead during the failed coup attempt in 1971,[3] in addtittion to being the nephew of Colonel Ben Aïch, a close collaborator of General Moulay Hafid Alaoui, and who held this military rank without any military training.[6][7]

His mother is Spanish from the region of Granada and his sister, Karima Benyaich, is the Ambassador of Morocco to Portugal.[3][8] Another of sister of his, Inane Benayaich is the director of the Centre Régional d'Investissement de Rabat.[5]


Benyaich also holds the Spanish citizenship.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Le membre du cabinet royal Fadel Benyaich donne conférence à New York". Slate Afrique. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Omar DAHBI (27 October 2004). "Qui veut saboter l'opération Canaries ?". Aujourd'hui le Maroc. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Les dessous du retour de Fadel Benyaich". Maghreb Intelligence. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b Ignacio Cembrero (11 December 2013). "El rey Mohamed VI nombra a un gran amigo suyo embajador en España". El Pais. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. ^ a b Adil Boukhima (15 January 2014). "Fadel Benyaich. Le mystérieux ami du roi". Telquel. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. ^ Mahjoub Tobji (2006). Les officiers de sa majesté.
  7. ^ Stephan Smith (2002). Oufkir, un destin marocain.
  8. ^ Ignacio Cembrero. "Révélations. Îlot Leila. Ce qui s'est vraiment passé". Telqeul N° 218. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.