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King Hassan II, on his way to Friday prayers in Marrakesh, 1967. Mohammed V's son Hassan II became King of Morocco on 3 March 1961. His rule saw significant political unrest, and the ruthless government response earned the period the name "the years of lead". Hassan took personal control of the government as prime minister and named a new cabinet.
This is a list of rulers of Morocco since 789. The common and formal titles of these rulers has varied, depending on the time period. Since 1957, the designation King has been used.
Mohammed VI (Arabic: محمد السادس, romanized: Muḥammad as-sādis; born 21 August 1963) [1] is King of Morocco.A member of the Alawi dynasty, he acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II.
The kings of Morocco are members of the Alawi dynasty. It is one of the country's most powerful offices. Mohammed VI (Sidi Mohammed bin Hassan al-Alawi) is the current king of Morocco, having ascended the throne on 23 July 1999, following the death of his father, Hassan II. [1]
Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, [a] better known simply as Mohammed V [b] (10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961), was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961.
It was founded by Salih I ibn Mansur in 710, ... Hassan II became King of Morocco on 3 March 1961. Morocco held its first general elections in 1963. However, Hassan ...
The French-Moroccan Declaration of Independence was formally signed on March 2, 1956, and Tangier was reintegrated to Morocco later that year. In 1957 Mohammed V adopted the official title of "King", which has since been used by his successors, Hassan II and Mohammed VI. [32] [39]
The Alawi Sultanate, [4] [a] officially known as the Sharifian Sultanate (Arabic: السلطنة الشريفة) and as the Sultanate of Morocco, was the state ruled by the 'Alawi dynasty over what is now Morocco, from their rise to power in the 1660s to the 1912 Treaty of Fes that marked the start of the French protectorate.