Abdellatif Filali
{{short description|Prime minister of Morocco (1994–1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = (Abdellatif Filali) Felipe González recibe al ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Marruecos. Pool Moncloa. 2 de julio de 1990 (cropped).jpeg
| caption = Filali in 1990
| name = Abdellatif Filali
| monarch = Hassan II
| deputy =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|01|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Beni Mellal, Morocco{{cite web|last=Tarik QATTAB|title=Abdellatif Filali : Parcours d'un vrai homme d'état|url=http://www.maghress.com/fr/aujourdhui/24351|publisher=Aujourd'hui le Maroc|access-date=15 April 2012}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|03|20|1928|01|26|df=y}}
| death_place = Clamart, France
| children = 2
| term_start = 25 May 1994
| term_end = 4 February 1998
| predecessor = Mohammed Karim Lamrani
| successor = Abderrahmane Youssoufi
| party = Independent
| spouse = Anne Belghmi Zwobada
| primeminister2 = Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Azzeddine Laraki
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Himself
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
| termstart2 = 11 April 1985
| termend2 = 8 April 1999
| office = Prime Minister of Morocco
| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| monarch2 = Hassan II
| native_name = {{nobold|عبد اللطيف الفيلالي}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| predecessor2 = Abdelouahed Belkeziz
| successor2 = Mohamed Benaissa
}}
Abdellatif Filali ({{langx|ar|عبد اللطيف الفيلالي}}; 26 January 1928 – 20 March 2009) was a Moroccan politician and diplomat who served as the eleventh Prime Minister of Morocco from 25 May 1994 to 4 February 1998.{{Cite web |title=Anciens Premiers ministres et Chefs du gouvernement |url=https://www.cg.gov.ma/fr/anciens-premiers-ministres-et-chefs-du-gouvernement |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.cg.gov.ma |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=رؤساء الحكومة السابقون |url=https://www.cg.gov.ma/ar/%D8%B1%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.cg.gov.ma |language=ar}} He was the 11th prime minister of Morocco and served under King Hassan II.[http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box3/former_pm_abdellatif6323/view Former PM Abdellatif Filali dies]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Maghreb Arabe Presse, 20 March 2009 Filali was known to have progressive views.{{cite news|title=General who crushed coup gains power in Morocco|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iV8sAAAAIBAJ&pg=6036,1207601&dq=abdellatif+filali+died&hl=en|access-date=22 December 2012|newspaper=Herald Journal|date=8 August 1971|agency=AP|location=Rabat}}
Early life
Filali was born in January 26, 1929 in Beni Mellal, Morocco.{{Cite web |title=عبد اللطيف الفيلالي |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/encyclopedia/icons/2014/10/23/عبد-اللطيف-الفيلالي |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.aljazeera.net |language=ar}} The son of a judge, Abdellatif Filali had studied law in France before opting for a diplomatic career.{{Cite news |date=2009-04-15 |title=Abdellatif Filali, ancien premier ministre marocain |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2009/04/15/abdellatif-filali-ancien-premier-ministre-marocain_1180941_3382.html |access-date=2022-05-19}}
Career
He began his diplomatic career at the United Nations as Chargé d'affaires of Morocco in 1958 and 1959 in New York, then in France from 1961 to 1962. On 17 June 1968, he became Minister of Higher Education in the Mohamed Benhima government.{{Cite web |title=Décès à Paris de l'ancien premier ministre Abdellatif Filali - Archive |url=https://www.yabiladi.com/article-politique-1718.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.yabiladi.com}}
On 4 August 1971, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Mohammed Karim Lamrani government, being reappointed to the same position on 12 April 1972.{{Cite web |date=2009-03-21 |title=Maroc.Décès de l'ancien Premier ministre Filali |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/ig/generales/france-monde/france/maroc-deces-de-l-ancien-premier-ministre-filali-21-03-2009-299674.php |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Le Telegramme |language=fr}}
In 1973, he was appointed Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Madrid, he notably negotiated the withdrawal of Spanish military troops from Western Sahara.
Filali served as the Morocco's ambassador to several significant countries, including Spain, Algeria, the United Kingdom and China.{{Cite web |title=Abdellatif FILALI |url=https://alacademia.org.ma/membre/%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a-2-2/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=alacademia |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |title=Décès à Paris de l'ancien Premier ministre marocain Abdellatif Filali – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/depeches/120187/politique/deces-a-paris-de-lancien-premier-ministre-marocain-abdellatif-filali/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}} Then he served as Prime Minister of Morocco from 25 May 1994 to 4 February 1998.{{cite web|title=Leaders of Morocco (Kingdom of Morocco) |url=http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/morocco.htm |publisher=Terra |access-date=22 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920222507/http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/morocco.htm |archive-date=20 September 2012}} He also served as foreign minister of Morocco from 1985 to 1999. In addition, he held the minister of state portfolio during his term as prime minister. He initiated TV broadcasts in the Moroccan Berber dialects.{{cite book|author=Bruce Maddy-Weitzman|title=The Berber Identity Movement and the Challenge to North African States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVpxZSTyhb0C&pg=PA120|year=2011|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-72587-4|pages=120}} Filali was replaced by Abderrahmane Youssoufi as prime minister in 1998.
Personal life and death
Filali was married to a French woman, Anne Belghmi Zwobada, putative daughter of Jacques Zwobada,{{Cite web |date=2009-03-20 |title=الوزير الأول الأسبق عبد اللطيف الفيلالي في ذمة الله |url=https://www.hespress.com/الوزير-الأول-الأسبق-عبد-اللطيف-الفيلا-16214.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية |language=ar}} with whom he had a daughter, Yasmina, and a son, Fuad Filali; the ex-CEO of Morocco's largest private company ONA Group and the former husband of Lalla Meryem,{{Cite web |date=2021-01-11 |title=قصص وزراء ومسؤولين عاشوا أيامهم الأخيرة بعيدا عن الوطن |url=https://www.alakhbar.press.ma/خدام-دولة-ماتوا-غرباء-قصص-وزراء-ومسؤول-122369.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=الأخبار جريدة إلكترونية مغربية مستقلة |language=ar}} who is the daughter of late Hassan II and elder sister of Mohammed VI.{{cite news|last=Gupta|first=Pranay|title=My father-in-law is very demanding|url=http://www.pranaygupte.com/article.php?index=586|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518225121/http://www.pranaygupte.com/article.php?index=586|url-status=usurped|archive-date=18 May 2014|access-date=22 December 2012|newspaper=Forbes|date=1 May 1989}} After retiring politics, Filali permanently settled in his wife's house in France and wrote a reference book about foreign relations of Morocco at the second half of past century.{{Cite web |title=Le Maroc et le monde Arabe - Abdellatif Filali - Payot |url=https://www.payot.ch/Detail/le_maroc_et_le_monde_arabe-abdellatif_filali-9782350122267 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.payot.ch}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.librairie-gallimard.com/livre/9782350122267-le-maroc-et-le-monde-arabe-abdellatif-filali/ |title=Le Maroc et le monde arabe - Abdellatif Filali - Scali - Grand format - Librairie Gallimard PARIS |language=fr}}
Filali died on 20 March 2009 in the Paris suburb of Clamart due to a heart failure.{{cite news|title=Morocco's Former PM, Abdellatif Filali, Dies in France |url=http://old.naharnet.com/domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/CCC8EEC0255F6033C225757F005118B0?OpenDocument&PRINT |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208123139/http://old.naharnet.com/domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/CCC8EEC0255F6033C225757F005118B0?OpenDocument&PRINT |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2013 |access-date=22 December 2012 |newspaper=Naharnet |date=23 March 2009 }} He was 81.{{Cite web |last=أحمد نجيم |date=2009-03-20 |title=وفاة الوزير الأول الأسبق المغربي عبد اللطيف الفيلالي في فرنسا |url=https://elaph.com/Web/Politics/2009/3/421332.htm |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Elaph - إيلاف |language=ar}}{{Cite web |title=وفاة رئيس الوزراء المغربي الاسبق عبد اللطيف الفلالي |url=https://alrai.com/article/327262/محليات/وفاة-رئيس-الوزراء-المغربي-الاسبق-عبد-اللطيف-الفلالي |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=alrainewspaper |language=ar}}
Honours
- Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain, 10/09/1971).[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1971/09/13/pdfs/A14916-14916.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado]
- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George [GCMG] (United Kingdom).
- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order [GCVO] (United Kingdom).
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Category:People from Beni Mellal
Category:People from Fez, Morocco
Category:Prime ministers of Morocco
Category:Higher education ministers of Morocco
Category:Foreign ministers of Morocco
Category:Ambassadors of Morocco to Algeria
Category:Ambassadors of Morocco to the United Kingdom
Category:Ambassadors of Morocco to China
Category:Ambassadors of Morocco to Spain
Category:Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic