Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom | |
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Incumbent Hakim Hajoui since July 6, 2020 | |
Inaugural holder | Rais Merzouk Ahmed Benkacem (Marzuq) |
Formation | 1588 |
The ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom is the highest diplomatic representative of Morocco in the United Kingdom.
Heads of mission
# | Ambassador | Title | Date of appointment | Moroccan monarch | British monarch |
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1 | Rais Merzouk Ahmed Benkacem | Ambassador | 1588 | Ahmad al-Mansur | Elizabeth I |
2 | Caid Ahmed Ben Adel | Ambassador | 1595 | Ahmad al-Mansur | Elizabeth I |
3 | Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud Anoun | Ambassador | 1600 | Ahmad al-Mansur | Elizabeth I |
4 | Mohammed Bensaid (known as Lopez de Zapar) | Envoy | 1627 | Sidi al-Ayachi | Charles I |
5 | Ahmed Naravaez | Envoy | 1627 | Sidi al-Ayachi | Charles I |
6 | Pasha Ahmed Benabdellah | Envoy | 1628 | Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II | Charles I |
7 | Mohammed Clafishou | Envoy | 1629 | Sidi al-Ayachi | Charles I |
8 | General Jawdar ben Abdellah | Ambassador | 1637 | Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir | Charles I |
9 | Caid Mohamed Benaskar | Ambassador | 1638 | Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir | Charles I |
10 | Robert Blake | Envoy | 1639 | Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir | Charles I |
11 | Abdelkrim Annaksis | Envoy | 1657 | Mohamed El Haj Dilai | Charles II |
12 | Mohammed Ben Haddu Attar | Ambassador | 1681 | Ismail | Charles II |
13 | Abdallah ben Aisha | Ambassador | 1685 | Ismail | Charles II |
14 | Haim Toladano | Ambassador | 1691 | Ismail | William III & Mary II |
15 | Mohamed Cardenas | Envoy | 1700 | Ismail | William III |
16 | Haj Ali Saban | Envoy | 1700 | Ismail | William III |
17 | Joseph Diaz | Ambassador | 1700 | Ismail | Anne |
18 | Ahmed ben Ahmed Cardenas | Ambassador | 1706 | Ismail | Anne |
19 | Bentura de Zarl | Envoy | 1710 | Ismail | Anne |
20 | Abdelkader Perez | Ambassador | 1723 | Ismail | George I |
21 | Mohammed Ben Ali Abgali | Ambassador | 1725 | Ismail | George I |
22 | Abdelkader Perez | Ambassador | 1737 | Mohammed II [fr] | George I |
23 | Abdekader Adiel | Ambassador | 1762 | Mohammed III | George III |
24 | Admiral el-Arbi ben Abdellah ben Abu Yahya al-Mestiri | Ambassador | 1766 | Mohammed III | George III |
25 | Jacob Benider | Ambassador | 1772 | Mohammed III | George III |
26 | Sidi Taher ben Abdelhaq Fennish | Ambassador | 1773 | Mohammed III | George III |
27 | Mas'ud de la Mar | Envoy | 1781 | Mohammed III | George III |
28 | Meir Macnin | Ambassador | 1827 | Abderrahmane | George IV |
29 | al-Amin Said Mohammed ash-Shami | Ambassador | 1860 | Mohammed IV | Victoria |
30 | Haj Mohammed Zebdi | Ambassador | 1876 | Hassan I | Victoria |
31 | Mohammed Ben Abdellah Ben Abdelkrim as-Saffar | Ambassador | 1880 | Hassan I | Victoria |
32 | Prince Moulay Mohammed | Ambassador | 1897 | Abdelaziz | Victoria |
33 | al-Mehdi el-Mnebhi | Ambassador | 1901 | Abdelaziz | Edward VII |
34 | Pasha Abderrahmane Ben Abdessadek Errifi | Ambassador | 1902 | Abdelaziz | Edward VII |
35 | Tahar ben al-Amine | Ambassador | 1909 | Abdelhafid | Edward VII |
36 | Prince Moulay Hassan ben Mehdi Alaoui | Ambassador | 1957 | Mohammed V | Elizabeth II |
37 | Princess Lalla Aicha | Ambassador | 1965 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
38 | Mohammed Laghzaoui | Ambassador | 1969 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
39 | Thami Ouazzani | Ambassador | 1971 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
40 | Abdallah Chorfi | Ambassador | 1973 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
41 | Badreddine Senoussi | Ambassador | 1976 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
42 | Abdellatif Filali | Ambassador | 1980 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
43 | Mehdi Benabdeljalil | Ambassador | 1981 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
44 | Abdeslam Zenined | Ambassador | 1987 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
45 | Khalid Haddaoui | Ambassador | 1991 | Hassan II | Elizabeth II |
46 | Mohammed Belmahi | Ambassador | 1999 | Mohammed VI | Elizabeth II |
47 | Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui | Ambassador | 2009 | Mohammed VI | Elizabeth II |
48 | Abdesselam Aboudrar [de] | Ambassador | 2016 | Mohammed VI | Elizabeth II |
49 | Hakim Hajoui | Ambassador | 2020 | Mohammed VI | Elizabeth II |
Gallery
- Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud Anoun was a possible inspiration of Shakespeare's Othello character
- Ambassador Jawdar ben Abdellah, 1637
- Ambassador Admiral Abdelkader Perez was sent by Ismail Ibn Sharif to England in 1723.
- Ambassador Mohammed Ben Ali Abgali, 1725
See also
- Morocco–United Kingdom relations
- List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Morocco
- Anglo-Moroccan alliance
- Embassy of Morocco, London
References
- "Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in London". Embassy of Morocco in the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.