General
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Housni Benslimane ( ar, حسني بن سليمان ; born 14 December 1935,
El Jadida
El Jadida (, ; originally known in Berber as Maziɣen or Mazighen; known in Portuguese as Mazagão) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located 96 km south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the ...
) is a senior
Moroccan Gendarmerie officer who has served since 1972 as the Commander-in-Chief of this unit. He also presides over the
Moroccan Olympic Committee
The Moroccan National Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية, french: Comité National Olympique Marocain, es, Comité Olímpico Nacional Marroquí, abbreviated as CNOM) is a non-profit organizati ...
and was president of the
Moroccan FA between 1994 and 2009.
Housni Benslimane played
football for Moroccan club
AS FAR serving as
goalkeeper
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between 1958 and 1961.
Family
Housni Benslimane is the son of ''Abdelkrim Benslimane'' the cousin of ''El Fatmi BenSlimane'', the Pacha of
Fes
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...
during the
French protectorate era.
He is also the nephew of
Abdelkrim al-Khatib
Abdelkrim Al Khatib (2 March 1921 – 28 September 2008) was a Moroccan surgeon, politician and activist. He co-founded the Popular Movement (Morocco), National Popular Movement which would later split and was eventually re-branded as the Justice a ...
,
uncle of
Ismail Alaoui, the former president of the
Party of Progress and Socialism
The Party of Progress and Socialism ( ar, حزب التقدم والاشتراكية, translit=Hizb Al-Taqadoum Wal-Ishtirakiyeh; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ; french: Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, PPS) ...
and cousin of
Saad Hassar.
One of his cousins (Mohamed Benslimane grandson of Fatmi Benslimane by his son Toufik and Lalla Badra, the daughter of ''Moulay Hassan'', a friend of Mohammed V who married an
alaouite
The Alawi dynasty ( ar, سلالة العلويين الفيلاليين, translit=sulālat al-ʿalawiyyīn al-fīlāliyyīn) – also rendered in English as Alaouite, Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and reigning d ...
princess)
[ is married to Princess Lalla Zineb, the sister of ]Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco
Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco ( ar, الأمير مولاي هشام بن عبد الله, born 4 March 1964) is the first cousin of the current King Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid. He is the son of Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco, t ...
.[
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See also
*Abdelaziz Bennani
General Abdelaziz Bennani ( ar, عبد العزيز بناني – b. 28 September 1935, Taza, d. 20 May 2015, Rabat) was a senior Moroccan Army officer who was, between 27 July 2004 and 13 June 2014, "General Inspector of the Armed Forces", ...
References
Living people
1935 births
Moroccan generals
People from El Jadida
Sport in Morocco
Morocco at the Olympics
People of Moroccan intelligence agencies
Moroccan footballers
Association football goalkeepers
AS FAR (football) players
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