Yassine Mansouri

Mohamed Yassine Mansouri (Arabic: محمد ياسين المنصوري; born April 2, 1962) is a Moroccan dignitary who is serving the director of Morocco's external intelligence agency, the General Directorate for Studies and Documentation since February 16, 2005.[2][3][4] He previously served as the director of the Moroccan state-owned press agency, Maghreb Arabe Presse in November 1999, then as Director-General of Home Affairs at the Ministry of the Interior.[2][5][6]

Yassine Mansouri
ياسين المنصوري
Director-General of the General Directorate for Studies and Documentation
Assumed office
February 16, 2005
Appointed byMohammed VI of Morocco
Preceded byAhmed Harchi
Director-General of Home Affairs
In office
March 31, 2003 – February 16, 2005
Appointed byMohammed VI of Morocco
Director of Maghreb Arabe Presse
In office
November 19, 1999 – March 31, 2003
Personal details
Born (1962-04-02) April 2, 1962[1]
Boujad, Morocco
EducationRoyal College
Alma materMohammed V University

Biography

Mansouri was born in Boujad, near khouribga, in 1962. He is the son of Hajj Abderrahmane Mansouri, a religious professor and preacher from Bzou who moved to Boujad after his retirement.[7][2] He was a classmate of Mohammed VI at the Royal College in Rabat.[2][8] He received a law degree and two graduate degrees in public law in 1983 from Mohammed V University.[9] He started his career at the Ministry of Information and later the Ministry of the Interior.[9][10]

Personal life

He was described in a biography written by Driss Bennani for TelQuel as "extremely reserved and discreet, even shy".[2] Mansouri is married and has 4 children.[2]

See also

References
  1. "DAG : Un rôle important". Aujourd'hui le Maroc. 23 May 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. Driss Bennani (23 October 2010). "Mohamed Yassine Mansouri. Le nouvel homme fort". TelQuel. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. Lagarde, Dominique; Jebbar, Ahlam (2005-10-13). "Plus près de Sa Majesté". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  4. "Morocco/Algeria: Military leaders in the shadows". The Africa Report.com. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  5. Soudan, Francois. "Mohamed Yassine Mansouri – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  6. "Portraits". La Gazette du Maroc. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  7. "Mort d'un sage". Maroc-Hebdo. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  8. gherrrabi (2021-06-03). "Un Zoom sur M. Abdellatif Hammouchi, et M. Mohamed Yassine El Mansouri, les yeux qui veillent sur le Royaume du Maroc". Afrique L'Adulte (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  9. "Mohamed Yassine Mansouri, le nouveau patron de la MAP". Maghress. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  10. "Mohamed-Yassine Mansouri a une expérience diversifiée : une connaissance du secteur de l'information et de la communication et une ouverture à l'international. Le "joker" du Roi". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
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