HM King Mohammed VI Chairs Reception On Throne Day
PERSISMA, Rabat, July 30th, 2014 – HM King Mohammed VI, accompanied by HRH crown prince Moulay El Hassan and HRH prince Moulay Rachid, chaired, on Wednesday at the Rabat Royal Palace, a reception on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the sovereign’s accession to throne of his glorious ancestors.
At the beginning of this ceremony, the Sovereign saluted the national flag at the rhythm of the national anthem.
Then, HM the King was greeted by the deans of the diplomatic corps accredited in Morocco, as well as several Moroccan civil and military officials who came to extend their congratulations to HM the King on this occasion.
On this occasion, the Sovereign granted Royal wissam distinctions to several national and foreign figures.
Wissam Al Arch (throne medal), Exceptional Class:
– Abbas El Fassi El Fihri, former prime minister
– Abdelouahed Radi, former Speaker of the House of Representatives and current President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
– Mustapha Benabdellah, Art teacher at the Royal College
– Mohamed El Mestassi, Chargé de mission at the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery Ministry.
Wissam Al Arch (Throne medal), second class:
– Mohamed Bennouna, judge at the International Court of Justice
Wissam Alaoui (Alawi medal), second class:
– Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
– Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim, businessman and president of the “Mo Ibrahim Foundation” for good governance in Africa
– Mamadou Diana N’Daye, advisor to Senegal’s President for strategic investments and member of the International Economic Union in Harvard University.
Wissam Alkafaa al fiqria (Intellectuel Merit medal):
– Mohamed Chafik, member of the Academy of the Kingdom and former dean of the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture.
– Edgar Morin, thinker, philosopher and humanist, research manager at the France’s National Center of Scientific Research.
– Abderrahim El Allam, author, literary critic and president of Morocco’s writers Union, winner of the 2013 International Manhae Prize in South Korea.
– Rachid Yazami, engineer, researcher and inventor in Lithium-Ion battery technologies, winner of the 2014 Charles Stark Drapper Prize from the National Academy of Engineering (Washington)
– Taha Abderrahmane, author and philosopher.
Wissam Al Arch (Throne medal), third class:
– Michael Zaoui, financial expert at several banking groups
– Mhamed Ben Abboud, expert and history professor at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan.
Wissam Alaoui (Alawi medal), third class:
– Pier Antonio Panzeri, member of the European parliament and former president of the commission of relations with Maghreb countries at the European parliament
– Robert Chastel, doctor and author of the book “Rabat: the destiny of a city and the whims of a river”.
Wissam Al Moukafaa Al Wathania (National Reward medal), second class:
– Abdelouahed Ismail, orthopedic
– Mohamed Brini, journalist
Wissam Al Moukafaa Al Wathania (National Reward medal), third class:
– Abderrahim Athmoune, President of Morocco-EU joint parliamentary commission
– Anas El Arrass, researcher and designer of military drones at Seoul’s National University, holder of more than 30 patents of invention in aviation.
– Ali Benmakhlouf, Arab philosophy professor at “Paris Est Créteil” and “Sciences-Po Paris” universities and member of the French National Commission of Medical Ethics.
– Amina Seddiq, Physician-Teacher in treatment of cancer diseases at the Tourou University of Nevada (USA)
– Ismahane El Ouafi, Managing director of the International Center of biosaline agriculture in the United Arab Emirates.
– Houria Bennis, researcher in history and philosophy of mathematics at the National Scientific Research Center in France.
– Leila El Alami, Creative Writing Professor at the University of California (USA)
– Souad El Mkhanat, Moroccan journalist living in Germany
– Driss Benbrahim, Moroccan Financial expert, investor in London
– Abdelhamid El Jomri, President of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW).
– Hatim Bettioui, Moroccan journalist living in London.
Wissam Al Arch (Throne medal), fouth class:
– Khalid Cheddadi, president the Moroccan Retirement Fund
– Nadia Laraki, managing director of the National Ports Authority
– Amine El Figuigui, managing director of the National Fisheries Office
– Habiba Laklalech, Vice-managing director of Royal Air Maroc.
Wissam Al Moukafaa Al Wathania (National Reward medal), fourth class:
– Fouad Benseddik, expert, member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council
– Faiçal Marjani Smires, community actor, expert at several international research centers.
Wissam Alkafaa al fiqria (Intellectuel Merit medal) first class:
– Meryem Bourhil, Moroccan student who passed the Baccalaureate exams with a 21/20 grade in France.
– Yasmina Berraoui, Student with special needs who got her baccalaureate with grade “fair”.
– Houda Naybi, student who obtained her Baccalaureate with a 19.45/20 grade.
– Sara Reddad, student who passed the Baccalaureate with a 19,35 grade.
