Driss Debbagh (in Arabic : إدريس الدباغ) (born November 7, 1921 in

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, Morocco – 1986), was a Moroccan

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to Italy (1959–1961) and a

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of commerce, industry, mining and merchant navy (from June 1963 to November 1963). He was also vice-president and chairman of Banque Commerciale du Maroc through a private company NAMIRI S.A. of which he owned 93% of the shares. Driss

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was the son of Tayed ibn Brahim Debbagh and his second wife Zahra bint Mohammed Soussi. He was fluent in Berber, Arabic, French, English and Italian. He lived in France in the end of the 1940s and he received a bachelor in chemical engineering in 1950 from L'École Nationale Supérieur des Arts et Industries Textiles de Roubaix, France. He returned to Morocco and became the president of the royal federation of aeronautic sports in 1957, and president of the CJP (Centre des Jeunes Patrons) the same year.

Awards

*Knight of the Grand Cross of the

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('' Italian'': Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) * While he was ambassador in Rome, H.E. Driss Debbagh received a distinction from Pope John XXIII. (Italian: S.E.)

Sources

Driss Debbagh Ambassador of Morocco to Rome from 1959 to 1961
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(French) * ttps://www.amazon.com/dp/9004164154 ''Pure Gold'', translation of the book Al-Ibriz in English ,