Princess Lalla Malika (14 March 1933 – 28 September 2021) was a sister of the late King

Hassan II of Morocco Hassan II ( ar, الحسن الثاني, translit=al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī;), with the prefix "Mulay" before his enthronement 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was the King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was a member of the 'Ala ...

, and daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco and his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar. She was the chairwoman of the Moroccan Red Crescent from 1967 until her death. At the Dar al-Makhzen 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 ...

, on 16 August 1961, she was married (in a triple ceremony with her sisters,

Aisha Aisha ( ar, , translit=ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr; , also , ; ) was Muhammad's third and youngest wife. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" ( ar, links=no, , ʾumm al-mu'min, muʾminīn), ...

Fatima Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, th ...

and their husbands) to

Mohamed Cherkaoui Mohamed Cherkaoui (5 March 1921 – 31 December 2022) was a Moroccan politician and diplomat. Cherkaoui was a signatory of the Proclamation of Independence of Morocco of 1944. He held several ministerial positions in the Moroccan government, inc ...

(1921–2022), Ambassador to France 1961–1964, President of the Permanent Consultative Committee of the Maghreb 1964, Minister for Finance and the National Economy 1964–1965, for Development 1965–1966, Foreign Affairs 1966–1967, and National Defence 1967, President of the Afro-Asian Economic Co-operation. They had the following children: * Moulay Sulaiman Cherkaoui. * Moulay Omar Cherkaoui. * Moulay Mehdi Cherkaoui. * Lalla Rabia Cherkaoui.

Honours

* Dame Grand Cordon of the

Order of the Throne The Order of the Throne (Arabic: ''Wissam al-Arch'', French: ''Ordre du Trône'') is a state decoration of the Kingdom of Morocco awarded for distinguished services of a civil or military nature. The Order was instituted on 16 May 1963 by King H ...

(Kingdom of Morocco).

References

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