Moulay Hassan bin Mohammed (born 8 May 2003) is the
Crown Prince
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of
Morocco
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. He is the elder child of King
Mohammed VI of Morocco and
Princess Lalla Salma. He has a younger sister,
Princess Lalla Khadija. He is named after his grandfather
Hassan II. Upon his accession, he is expected to bear the
regnal name Hassan III. In 2013, Hassan began participating with his father at public official engagements.
Early life and education
Moulay Hassan was born in
Rabat Royal Palace on 8 May 2003, to
Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife,
Princess Lalla Salma. He was named after his grandfather, the late King
Hassan II. The oldest child of the current king, he has a sister,
Princess Lalla Khadija.
He is a
polyglot who speaks several languages, including
Arabic
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,
French
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,
English
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, and
Spanish.
He obtained his
baccalaureate in 2020 and joined the Faculty of Governance and Economic and Social Sciences (FGSES), an affiliate of the
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
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in
Ben Guerir
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(UM6P) for the 2020–2021 school year.
Official duties
Moulay Hassan was the youngest participant at the One Planet Summit in
France
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in 2017, where he gained international acclaim. In this respect, he is following in his father’s footsteps.
On 28 June 2019, Moulay Hassan represented King Mohammed VI at the operations launch ceremony of the new port Tanger Med II, cementing
Tanger-Med as a leading port and vital asset to the
Mediterranean
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.
On 30 September 2019, in
Paris
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, Moulay Hassan attended the funeral of the late French President
Jacques Chirac
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, which took place at the
Saint-Sulpice Church
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. On the same day, he took part in the lunch organized by President
Emmanuel Macron
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, at the
Élysée Palace
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, in honor of the Heads of State present at the funeral of the deceased president Chirac.
Moulay El Hassan inaugurated the International Exhibition and Museum of the Biography of the Prophet and Islamic Civilization at the
(ICESCO) in
Rabat
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on November 17.
Ancestry
See also
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List of current heirs apparent
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United Arab Emirates
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References
External links
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2003 births
Living people
People from Rabat
Moroccan princes
Moroccan royalty
Heirs apparent