General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

Housni Benslimane ( ar, حسني بن سليمان ; born 14 December 1935,

El Jadida El Jadida (, ; originally known in Berber as Maziɣen or Mazighen; known in Portuguese as Mazagão) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located 96 km south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the ...

) is a senior Moroccan Gendarmerie officer who has served since 1972 as the Commander-in-Chief of this unit. He also presides over the

Moroccan Olympic Committee The Moroccan National Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية, french: Comité National Olympique Marocain, es, Comité Olímpico Nacional Marroquí, abbreviated as CNOM) is a non-profit organizati ...

and was president of the Moroccan FA between 1994 and 2009. Housni Benslimane played football for Moroccan club AS FAR serving as

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

between 1958 and 1961.

Family

Housni Benslimane is the son of ''Abdelkrim Benslimane'' the cousin of ''El Fatmi BenSlimane'', the Pacha of

Fes Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...

during the French protectorate era. He is also the nephew of

Abdelkrim al-Khatib Abdelkrim Al Khatib (2 March 1921 – 28 September 2008) was a Moroccan surgeon, politician and activist. He co-founded the Popular Movement (Morocco), National Popular Movement which would later split and was eventually re-branded as the Justice a ...

, uncle of Ismail Alaoui, the former president of the

Party of Progress and Socialism The Party of Progress and Socialism ( ar, حزب التقدم والاشتراكية, translit=Hizb Al-Taqadoum Wal-Ishtirakiyeh; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ; french: Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, PPS) ...

and cousin of Saad Hassar. One of his cousins (Mohamed Benslimane grandson of Fatmi Benslimane by his son Toufik and Lalla Badra, the daughter of ''Moulay Hassan'', a friend of Mohammed V who married an

alaouite The Alawi dynasty ( ar, سلالة العلويين الفيلاليين, translit=sulālat al-ʿalawiyyīn al-fīlāliyyīn) – also rendered in English as Alaouite, Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and reigning d ...

princess) is married to Princess Lalla Zineb, the sister of

Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco ( ar, الأمير مولاي هشام بن عبد الله, born 4 March 1964) is the first cousin of the current King Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid. He is the son of Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco, t ...

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Living people 1935 births Moroccan generals People from El Jadida Sport in Morocco Morocco at the Olympics People of Moroccan intelligence agencies Moroccan footballers Association football goalkeepers AS FAR (football) players {{Morocco-bio-stub

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