Aziza Bennani

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Aziza Bennani (born 1943), is a Moroccan academic and politician.

Life

Born in Rabat, Bennani studied at Mohammed V University in Rabat. After an undergraduate degree in Spanish language and literature, she gained a PhD with a dissertation on Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. She also gained a doctorate from Paris X Nanterre with a thesis on Carlos Fuentes. She was head of the Department of Hispanic Studies at Mohammed V University from 1974 to 1988. In 1988 she became Dean of the Faculty of Letters at Hassan II Mohammedia University in Mohammédia. [1]

IN 1994 Bennani was made high commissioner for the disabled, and she was secretary of state to the minister of higher education in Abdellatif Filali's 1997-8 government. [1] In 1998 she was appointed ambassador to UNESCO, and in 2001 succeeded Sonia Mendieta de Badaroux as chair of UNESCO's executive board. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. pp. 65–6. ISBN   978-0-8108-6511-2.
  2. AZIZA BENNANI (MAROC) EST ELUE PRESIDENTE DU CONSEIL EXECUTIF DE L’UNESCO, Unesco Presse, 5 November 2001