Mohammed VI (Arabic: محمد السادس) is the present King of Morocco. He was born on 21 August 1963 and ascended to the throne in July 1999.
His father, the late King Hassan II, was keen on giving him a religious and political education from an early age. At the age of four, he started attending the Qur'anic school at the Royal Palace where he learned the Qur'an by heart, and received a religious and traditional education.
After primary and secondar...
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Mohammed VI (Arabic: محمد السادس) is the present King of Morocco. He was born on 21 August 1963 and ascended to the throne in July 1999.
His father, the late King Hassan II, was keen on giving him a religious and political education from an early age. At the age of four, he started attending the Qur'anic school at the Royal Palace where he learned the Qur'an by heart, and received a religious and traditional education.
After primary and secondary studies at the Royal College and after he received his Baccalaureate in 1981, Mohammed obtained in 1985 a B.A in law at the College of law of the Mohammed V University in Rabat. His research paper dealt with "the Arab-African Union and the Strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco in matters of International Relations".
In 1987 he obtained his first Certificat d'Études Supérieures (CES) in political sciences and in July 1988 he obtained a Diplôme d'Études Approfondies DEA in public law.
In November 1988 he trained in Brussels with Jacques Delors,...
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