Taieb Cherkaoui (born 1949) was the

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

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between 2010 and 2012. He was appointed to the post in January 2010, succeeding

Chakib Benmoussa Chakib Benmoussa () (born 1958, Fez, Morocco, Fes) is a Morocco, Moroccan diplomat and politician. He previously served as the interior minister of Morocco

. A crackdown on protesters occurred under his command in the Rif mountains in 2012. He is alleged to have violated human rights of Moroccan demonstrators and activists. He also commands the different police regions which have government thugs (Baltagija) operating to suppress demonstrations in certain key areas.

Legal career

Cherkaoui was born in 1949 and worked for years as a public prosecutor, and served the government as director of criminal affairs for the Justice Ministry. He was eventually appointed president of the Moroccan Supreme Court.

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