Events in the year 2022 in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Incumbents

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Mohammed VI Muhammad VI may refer to: * Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives from 1893 to 1902 * Mehmed VI (1861–1926), sultan of Ottoman Empire, from 1918 to 1922 * Mohammed VI of Morocco Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس ...

* President of the Government:

Aziz Akhannouch Aziz Akhannouch (; ; born 1961) is a Moroccan politician, businessman, and billionaire who is currently the Prime Minister of Morocco since his government took office on 7 October 2021. He is the CEO of Akwa Group and also served as Minister of ...

Events

* 1 August –

Kobi Shabtai Yaakov ‘Kobi’ Shabtai (Hebrew: יעקב (קובי) שבתאי) (born November 11, 1964) is an Israeli police officer, and the 19th Commissioner of Israel Police since January 17, 2021. Prior to that, he served as Commander of the Border Pol ...

makes the first official visit to Morocco of an Israel Police Commissioner to meet with senior

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and government officials for discussions regarding strengthening operational, intelligence, and investigative cooperation between the two countries.

September

* 13 September – Lieutenant General Belkhir El-Farouk, Inspector General of the

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makes an official visit to Israel and is welcomed by an

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headed by the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army,

Aviv Kochavi Rav-Aluf (Lieutenant General) Aviv Kochavi ( he, אביב כוכבי; born 23 April 1964) is the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken the oath of office on January 15, 2019. He was the commander of the Gaza Division, ...

Sports

* 29 March -

qualifies for the

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. * 20 May -

RS Berkane Renaissance Sportive de Berkane ( ar, نادي النهضة البركانية) commonly referred to as Nahdat Berkane or RS Berkane for short, is a professional football club based in Berkane, Morocco, that competes in Botola, the top flight o ...

are 2022 CAF Confederation Cup winners after defeating

Orlando Pirates F.C. Orlando Pirates Football Club (often known as "The Buccaneers") is a South African professional football club based in the Houghton suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as DSt ...

in penalties in the

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. * 30 May -

Wydad AC Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional Association footba ...

are 2022 CAF Champions League winners after defeating

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(2-0) in the

. * 10 September -

are

2022 CAF Super Cup The 2022 CAF Super Cup, known the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2022 for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous ...

winners after defeating

in the Final. * 10 December - After defeating

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in the

quarter final,

reaches the semi-final of a World Cup for the first time in its history, also becoming the first African national football team to do so.

Deaths

* 1–5 February: a 5-year-old boy named Rayan Aourram fell into a well deep. On 5 February, his death was announced after he was pulled out of the well * 11 June –

Hilary Devey Hilary Lorraine Devey CBE ( Brewster; 10 March 1957 – 11 June 2022) was an English businesswoman and television personality best known for her role on the BBC Two programme ''Dragons' Den'' until she left to present the Channel 4 series ''The ...

, English businesswoman and television personality (born

1957 in England 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...

) * 25 September - Aïcha Chenna, Moroccan social worker, women's rights advocate and activist. * 6 October - *, ??, Moroccan singer. الموت يخطف فنانة العيطة الحسناوية

References

{{Year in Africa , 2022 2020s in Morocco Years of the 21st century in Morocco