Princess

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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

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and his second wife,

Lalla Abla bint Tahar Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 – 1 March 1992) was the second wife of Mohammed V of Morocco. She was the daughter of ''Moulay'' Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan, a son of Sultan Hassan I of Morocco and twin brother of Sultan Mo ...

. She was the chairwoman of the Moroccan

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from 1967 until her death. At the Dar al-Makhzen in

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

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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, ...

and their husbands) to Mohamed Cherkaoui (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

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(Kingdom of Morocco).

References

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