50 Notable alumni of Mohammed V University
Updated: May 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Mohammed V University is ranked #1,441 in the world and #1 in Morocco by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 50 notable alumni from Mohammed V University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Mohammed V University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Hassan Abyaba
1962-. (aged 64)
university teacher
politician
Hassan Abyaba is a former cabinet member in the Moroccan government under Saad Eddine El Othmani. Between October 2019 and April 2020, he was the Moroccan Minister of Culture and Communication, the Minister of Youth and Sports, and the government spokesperson.
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2. Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi is a Yemeni lawyer. She was the Yemeni Minister of Legal Affairs from 9 January 2016 to 17 December 2020. In 2016 she received the International Women of Courage Award.
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3. Taieb Cherkaoui
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
judge
Taieb Cherkaoui was the Minister of Interior of Morocco between 2010 and 2012.
4. Khalid Naciri
1946-2023 (aged 77)
lawyer
politician
Khalid Naciri was a Moroccan politician of the Party of Progress and Socialism. Between 2007 and 2012, he held the position of Minister of Communications and Spokesperson of the Government in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi.
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5. Robert Assaraf
1936-2018 (aged 82)
essayist
businessperson
business executive
Robert Assaraf was a Moroccan Jewish historian and writer. He resided between Paris, France and Marrakesh, Morocco.
6. Ahmed Taoufiq Hejira
1959-. (aged 67)
urban planner
politician
Ahmed Toufiq Hejira or Hjira is a Moroccan politician of the Istiqlal party. Between 2007 and 2012, he held the position of Minister of Housing and Urbanism in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi. He holds a bachelor in economics from the University of Mohammed V.
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7. Mohamed Saad Alami
1948-. (aged 78)
journalist
politician
Mohamed Saad Alami or El Alami is a Moroccan journalist and politician of the Istiqlal Party. He held the positions of Minister of Relations with the Parliament between 2002 and 2010, then Minister-Delegate for the Modernization of the Public Sector in the cabinets of Driss Jettou and Abbas El Fassi.
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8. Moha Ennaji
1953-. (aged 73)
linguist
Moha Ennaji is a Moroccan linguist, author, political critic, and civil society activist. He is a university professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University at Fes, where he has worked for over 30 years. In addition to his publications in linguistics, he has written on language, education, migration, politics, and gender, and...
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9. Malika El Assimi
1946-. (aged 80)
poet
writer
politician
Malika El Assimi is a Moroccan poet, author, and academic. She is a faculty member of the Muhammad V University. She is also an activist and most of her literary works promote women's rights. El Assimi is also a politician.
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10. Mohammed Loulichki
1952-. (aged 74)
diplomat
Mohammed Loulichki is a Moroccan diplomat. He was Morocco's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York between November 2008 and 14 April 2014.
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11. Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour is a Mauritanian politician. Ould Mansour was a former president of the National Rally for Reform and Development party (Tewassoul) from 2007 to 2017.
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12. Jamal Aghmani
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Jamal Aghmani or Rhmani is a Moroccan politician of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party. Between 2007 and 2012, he held the position of Minister of Employment and Vocational Training in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi. He has a bachelor's in social science from the University of Mohammed V and was a professor at the same institution before...
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13. Fadel Benyaich
1962-. (aged 64)
diplomat
politician
Fadel Benyaich or Benaich is a senior member of the royal cabinet of King Mohammed VI, reportedly in charge of relations with Spain. He studied at the Collège Royal with Mohammed VI.
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14. Youssef Amrani
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
politician
Youssef Amrani is a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party.
15. Fathallah Oualalou
1942-. (aged 84)
university teacher
economist
politician
Fathallah Oualalou is a Moroccan politician. He was the mayor of Rabat from 2009 to 2015. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco between March 1998 and October 2007. He is a member of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party (USFP).
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16. Mohamed El Yazghi
1935-. (aged 91)
minister
lawyer
politician
Mohamed El Yazghi is a Moroccan politician and former head of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party. He was born in Fes, Morocco, and held different positions of minister in governments between 1998 and 2009.
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17. Mohammed Achaari
1951-. (aged 75)
poet
politician
journalist
Mohammed Achaari is a Moroccan writer and politician.
18. Lahcen Haddad
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Lahcen Haddad is a former Moroccan politician of the Popular Movement. From 3 January 2012 until 5 April 2017, he held the position of Minister of Tourism in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.
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19. Omar Hilale
1951-. (aged 75)
diplomat
Omar Hilale is a Moroccan career diplomat. He has been Morocco's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York since he was appointed in this position in April 2014. He used to be the permanent representative of Morocco to the UN in Geneva.
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20. Rachid Talbi Alami
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
economist
Rachid Talbi Alami is a Moroccan politician of the National Rally of Independents party who is the President (Speaker) of the House of Representatives of Morocco since 2021. He was elected representative of Tetouan in the 2021 general election.
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21. Driss Lachgar
1954-. (aged 72)
lawyer
politician
Driss Lachgar is a Moroccan politician of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) party. Between 2010 and 2012, he held the position of Minister of Relations with the Parliament in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi.
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22. Zoulikha Nasri
1935-2015 (aged 80)
jurist
politician
Zoulikha Nasri was a Moroccan politician. She was an advisor to King Mohammed VI and managing director of the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity. She was Morocco's first female royal advisor.
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23. Mohamed Ouzzine
1969-. (aged 57)
linguist
sociologist
politician
Mohamed Ouzzine is a Moroccan politician of the Popular Movement. He was the Minister of Youth and Sports in Abdelilah Benkirane's government from 2012 to 2015. Previously he was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2012. He holds a degree in sociolinguistics.
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24. Yasmina Baddou
1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer
politician
Yasmina Baddou is a Moroccan politician of the Istiqlal Party. Between 2007 and 2012, she held the position of Minister of Health in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi, and she was Secretary of State for Family Affairs in the cabinet of Driss Jettou.
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25. Ahmed Reda Benchemsi
1974-. (aged 52)
journalist
writer
Ahmed Reda Benchemsi is a Moroccan journalist. He is the founder and was the publisher and editor of TelQuel and Nichane magazines.
26. Mohammed Bennis
1948-. (aged 78)
poet
Mohammed Bennis is a Moroccan poet and one of the most prominent writers of modern Arabic poetry. Since the 1970s, he has enjoyed a particular status within Arab culture. Muhsin J al-Musawi states that "Bennis’ articulations tend to validate his poetry in the first place, to encapsulate the overlapping and contestation of genres in a dialectic, that takes into account...
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27. Amina Bouayach
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
activist
Amina Bouayach is a Moroccan human rights activist. Since December 2018, Bouayach has served as the president of the Moroccan National Human Rights Council. In this role, she affirmed in 2019 that there are no "political prisoners in Morocco."
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28. Rafik Abdessalem
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Rafik Abdessalem Bouchlaka is a Tunisian politician. He served as the minister of foreign affairs under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.
29. Abdellah Taïa
1973-. (aged 53)
screenwriter
novelist
film director
writer
journalist
Abdellah Taïa is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1999. He has published nine novels, many of them heavily autobiographical. His books have been translated into Arabic and many European languages.
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30. Abdellatif Jouahri
1939-. (aged 87)
civil servant
economist
banker
politician
Abdellatif Jouahri is a Moroccan banker and politician. Since 2003, he has served as the governor of Bank Al-Maghrib.
31. Mohammed Ziane
1943-. (aged 83)
lawyer
politician
Mohammed Ziane is a Moroccan lawyer and politician who is currently imprisoned in the El Arjat Penitentiary in Salé. He was the Bâtonnier of the Moroccan Bar Association, an MP for the Constitutional Party during the 80s until 1995 and served as Minister-Delegate for Human Rights between 1996 and 1997. In 2001, he founded the Moroccan Liberal Party, and served...
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32. Nizar Baraka
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
economist
Nizar Baraka is a Moroccan politician and businessman of the Istiqlal Party. Since October 2021, he has served as Minister of Equipment and Water. He is the grandson of nationalist Allal Al Fassi.
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33. Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri
1976-. (aged 50)
jurist
lawyer
politician
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri is a Moroccan lawyer and politician of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), and currently the mayor of Marrakesh as well as the Minister of National Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy.
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34. Mohamed El Ouafa
1948-2020 (aged 72)
diplomat
politician
Mohamed El Ouafa was a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party.
35. Abdelilah Benkirane
1954-. (aged 72)
university teacher
politician
Abdelilah Benkirane is a Moroccan politician who served as Prime Minister of Morocco from 2011 to 2017. After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election, his party, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party formed a coalition with three parties that had been part of previous governments.
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36. Nasser Bourita
1969-. (aged 57)
diplomat
statesperson
politician
Nasser Bourita is a Moroccan diplomat serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates since 5 April 2017.
37. Nabila Mounib
1960-. (aged 66)
scientist
professor
politician
Nabila Mounib is a Moroccan politician who currently serves as a member of parliament (MP) for the Casablanca-Settat constituency in the House of Representatives. She also served as General Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party from 2012 to 2023. She is the first woman to be elected head of a Moroccan party.
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38. Mohamed Abdelaziz
1947-2016 (aged 69)
politician
Mohamed Abdelaziz ben Khalili ben Mohamed al-Bachir Er-Rguibi was the 3rd Secretary General of the Polisario Front, from 1976, and the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic from 1982, until his death in 2016.
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39. Fouad Ali El Himma
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Fouad Ali El Himma is a Moroccan politician and senior advisor for Mohammed VI of whom he is said to be a very close friend. Since he became Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior in November 1999, he has played a prominent role in the Moroccan State. In 2008, he founded the Authenticity and Modernity Party.
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40. El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed
1948-1976 (aged 28)
herder
politician
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed was a Sahrawi nationalist leader, co-founder and second Secretary-General of the Polisario Front.
41. Taha Abdurrahman
1944-. (aged 82)
university teacher
philosopher
writer
Taha Abderrahmane is a Moroccan philosopher, and one of the leading philosophers and thinkers in the Arab and Islamic worlds. His work centers on logic, philosophy of language and philosophy of morality and contractarian ethics. He believes in multiple modernities and seeks to establish an ethical and humanitarian modernity based on the values and principles of Islam and the Arab...
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42. Abbas El Fassi
1940-. (aged 86)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
Abbas El Fassi is a Moroccan politician and businessman who served as the Prime Minister of Morocco from 19 September 2007 to 29 November 2011. El Fassi, a member of the Istiqlal Party, replaced independent Driss Jettou.
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43. Driss Jettou
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Driss Jettou is a Moroccan politician, who served as prime minister of Morocco from 2002 to 2007.
44. Laila Lalami
1968-. (aged 58)
linguist
writer
university teacher
novelist
essayist
Laila Lalami is a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor. After earning her licence ès lettres degree in Morocco, she received a fellowship to study in the United Kingdom (UK), where she earned an MA in linguistics.
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45. Mohammed VI of Morocco
1963-. (aged 63)
king
politician
entrepreneur
monarch
military leader
Mohammed VI is King of Morocco. A member of the Alawi dynasty, he has reigned since 1999.
46. Tahar Ben Jelloun
1947-. (aged 79)
painter
poet
psychotherapist
writer
novelist
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan writer who rose to fame for his 1985 novel L'Enfant de sable (The Sand Child). All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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47. Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
1970-. (aged 56)
diplomat
entrepreneur
Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco is a member of the Alawi dynasty. He is the younger brother of King Mohammed VI and the youngest child of the late King Hassan II and his wife, Lalla Latifa. He is currently second in the line of succession to the Moroccan throne, after his nephew Crown Prince Moulay Hassan.
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48. Mokhtar Lamani
diplomat
Mokhtar Lamani is a Moroccan diplomat, born in Morocco. His career as a Moroccan and international civil servant spans 3 decades in the fields and peace and development. He held positions with the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, was the Ambassador of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations (1998–2005), the League of Arab...
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49. Ahmed Raïssouni
1953-. (aged 73)
ulema
writer
Islamic jurist
university teacher
essayist
Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Raïssouni is a Moroccan Islamic scholar and jurist. He served as president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) until his retirement in 2022. He was the former head of the Movement of Unity and Reform (MUR), an organization closely linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Moroccan Justice and Development Party.
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50. Abdelhadi Tazi
1921-2015 (aged 94)
politician
writer
historian
diplomat
essayist
Abdelhadi Tazi was a scholar, writer, historian and former Moroccan ambassador in various countries.