Mohamed Ali El Admi ( ar, محمد علي العظمي; born Mohamed Ali Ould el Wali and commonly known by his

nom de guerre A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...

Omar Hadrami) is a Sahrawi politician and ex-senior member of the

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, which he co-founded. El Admi joined Morocco in 1989 and settled in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

. He has been accused of many human rights violations including alleged war crimes, torture of Moroccan prisoners of war and Sahrawi dissidents in the

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. In January 2014,

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 ...

appointed him as the Wali (governor) of the

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region.

Positions in Morocco

* Governor of Kelaat Sraghna 25 January 1995 – 27 September 1998 * Governor of Sidi Kacem 27 September 1998 – 11 January 2002 * Wali of Chaouia-Ouardigha 11 January 2002 – 20 January 2007

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Living people 1949 births Moroccan politicians Moroccan civil servants Polisario Front politicians Sahrawi politicians People from Smara {{WesternSahara-politician-stub

Positions in Morocco

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