Abdelouahed Belkeziz
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Abdelouahed Belkeziz
| Abdelouahed Belkeziz | |
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| Secretary-General of Organisation of the Islamic Conference | |
| In office 2001 – 31 December 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Azeddine Laraki |
| Succeeded by | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu |
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| Born | 5 July 1939 |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Alma mater | Mohammed V University University of Rennes |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician, diplomat |
| Religion | Islam |
Abdelouahed Belkeziz, CBE, (Arabic: عبد الواحد بلقزيز; born 5 July 1939) is a Moroccan lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as the eighth Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) from 2001 to 2004.
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Biography
Abdelouahed Belkeziz was born on 5 July 1939 in Marrakech. He attended Sidi Mohammed College, Marrakech and Moulay Youssef High School, Rabat. He studied law at the Faculty of Law, Mohammed V University, Rabat, and obtained his PhD in law from the University of Rennes in France.
Belkeziz served in various capacities at a number educational and legal institutions as well as government commissions from 1963 to 1977. In 1977, he was appointed Ambassador to Iraq. He returned in 1979 to take up the position of Minister of Information. He was then appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1983. He stepped down in 1985 and returned to academia.
He served as Dean of Hassan II Ain Chok University, Casablanca (1985–1992), Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra (1992–1997) and Muhammad V University, Rabat (1997–2000).
In 2001, he became the eighth Secretary-General of the OIC. He condemned the September 11 attacks as "criminal and brutal acts that ran counter to all covenants, humanitarian values and divine religions foremost among which was Islam."[1] He also led the OIC in opposing the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[2] He retired at the end of 2004.[3]
Honours
Order of King Abdulaziz (1979)
Spanish Order of Civil Merit (1979)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1980)
Great Officer of the Order of Merit of Senegal (1981)
Great Officer of the French National Order of Merit (1983)
Great Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (1984)
Notes
- ^ "Islamic Statements Against Terrorism in the Wake of the September 11 Mass Murders". Council on American-Islamic Relations. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. http://www.cair.com/americanmuslims/antiterrorism/islamicstatementsagainstterrorism.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Reuters (2003-10-12). "'Eviction' of U.S. From Iraq Urged at Summit". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/12/world/fg-summit12. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Habib Shaikh (2004-12-30). "OIC needs to acquire more international influence & impact, says new Chief". Arab News. http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=8621. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
References
- "Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary General 2001-2004". oicun.org. Permanent Mission of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations. http://www.oicun.org/5/33/. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
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