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Hamidou Laanigri حميدو لعنيݣري
General Inspector of the Auxiliary Forces
In office 2006 – 10 September 2023
Director of the DST
In office September 1999 – June 2003
Preceded by	Driss Basri
Succeeded by	Ahmed Harari
Director of the DGSN Direction Générale de Sûreté Nationale
In office July 2003 – September 2006
Preceded by	Hafid Benhachem
Succeeded by	Charki Draiss
Personal details
Born	1939 (1939) Meknes, French Morocco
Died	10 September 2023 (aged 84)
Military service
Allegiance	Morocco
Branch/service	Royal Gendarmerie
Years of service	1959–2023
Rank	General
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Auxiliary Forces
Battles/wars	Shaba I

Hamidou Laanigri (1939 – 10 September 2023) was a Moroccan general who served as head of the intelligence service of the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior. Laanigri was often accused of acts of torture in relation to the detention of Islamist activists after the 2003 Casablanca bombings and in connection with the secret Temara interrogation centre.

Early life

Hamidou Laanigri was born in Meknes, Morocco in 1939. In 1956 Laanigri started his career in the military as a corporal working with general Driss Benomar—who is also from Meknes. Benomar sent Laanigri first to the military training school of Ahermoumou and then to the Officers School of Dar al-Bayda (Officers academy of Meknes), graduating with the rank of second lieutenant (sous-lieutenant). He was deployed in Zag in 1960 and for a few months in Agadir. In 1962 he joined the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie a year later and was posted to Tangiers and then Kenitra.

Gendarmerie career

In 1977 while a colonel at the Gendarmerie he headed the military unit that was deployed to Zaire to help Mobutu quell the Shaba I rebellion. In 1979 he was sent to the United Arab Emirates as a security instructor, returning to Morocco only in 1989.

Under Mohammed VI

In September 1999 he was promoted by Mohammed VI to head the DST (Direction de Surveillance du Territoire) as a replacement for Driss Basri. He was recommended by General Kadiri because he hated Islamists.

In September 2006 he left the DST and was appointed the General Inspector of the Auxiliary Forces. In late 2012 it was rumoured that he had retired, however in January 2014 he was reported as being the head of this paramilitary unit.

Laanigri was the instigator of the Groupes urbains de sécurité (nickname Croatia) which were disbanded after he left the police directorate.

In September 2011, Laanigri survived a road accident.

Death

Hamidou Laanigri died on 10 September 2023, at the age of 84.

References

1. ^ Mahjoub Tobji (13 September 2006). Les officiers de Sa Majesté:Les dérives des généraux marocains 1956-2006. Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-64072-3.
2. "Renouvellement à l'Intérieur: Hamidou Laânigri promu". L'Economiste. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
3. ^ Driss Bennani. "Exclusif. Portrait-enquête. Laânigri. Un destin marocain (Son ascension, sa chute…)". Telquel. No. 239. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
4. "Laanigri et 10 autres généraux seraient partis à la retraite". LeMag. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
5. "Maroc : Un colonel des Forces auxiliaires refuse de serrer la main de la première femme wali". Yabiladi. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
6. "Secrets d'État". Jeune Afrique. 25 September 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
7. "Hamidou Laanigri victime d'un grave accident". Lakome.com. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
8. "الجنرال لعنيكري في ذمة الله عن 84 عاماً". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
9. "وفاة الجنرال حميدو لعنيكري اليوم بالرباط - هبة بريس". ar.hibapress.com (in Arabic). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
10. "Décès à Rabat du général Hamidou Laanigri, ancien chef de la DST". Le 360 Français (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2023.

See also

• Housni Benslimane
• Abdelaziz Bennani

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