Topic summary

Years of Lead (Morocco)

Years of Lead (Morocco)

  • Political offices

  • Policies

  • Military

The Years of Lead (Arabic: سنوات الرصاص, romanized: Sanawāt ar-Raṣāṣ) was a period of the rule of King Hassan II of Morocco, from roughly the 1960s to the 1980s, marked by state violence and repression against political dissidents and activists from across the political spectrum.