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	King Hassan II
		King Hassan II King Hassan II King Hassan died of a heart attack on July 23, 1999, and was succeeded by his son 36 year old Sidi Mohammed.
		His Majesty Hassan II was born in Rabat, Morocco on July 9, 1929.
		King Hassan II shared His Fathers exile in Madagascar at a time when the French Protectorate transferred the royal family to the Island of Corsica on August 20, 1953, then to Madagascar in Africa in January 1954; during all this period of time he was the political advisor to his father.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Hassan.html (506 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Hassan II of Morocco - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		King Hassan II (Arabic: الحسن الثاني; July 9, 1929–July 23, 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 until he passed away in 1999.
		King Hassan was educated at the Imperial College at Rabat and earned a law degree from the University of Bordeaux.
		King Hassan II had extended many parliamentary functions by the early '90s and released hundreds of political prisoners in 1991, and allowed the Alternance, where the opposition assumed power, for the first time in the Arab World.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Hassan_II_of_Morocco (755 words)

	Hassan 2
		Hassan was the oldest son of the former king, Muhammad 5, and father of the present king, Muhammad 6.
		Much of Hassan's success on home ground, especially confronting the Islamists, rested in his family's claim to be sharifs; descendants of Muhammad, a claim that was widely accepted in Morocco as well as abroad.
		Hassan 2 was at periods fiercly criticized by organizations in other countries for what was seen as human rights violations, political oppression and cruel punishment of prisoners.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/hassan2.htm (897 words)

	Hassan II - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hassan, Khaled (Abu Sa’id), born in 1928, Palestinian politician and a leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO).
		King Hassan II (July 9, 1929-July 23, 1999) (Arabic: الحسن الثاني) was King of Morocco from 1961 to his death.
		Hassan II Mosque is the largest religious monument in the world after Mecca.
	encarta.msn.com /Hassan_II.html (237 words)

	King Hassan II
		King Hassan II The Late King Hassan II Morocco's King Hassan II, whose health had been fragile in recent years, died Friday (23/7/99) at a hospital in the capital of Rabat.
		Hassan was also a discreet but key mediator in the Middle East peace process, whose contacts with Israeli leaders helped lead to the 1978 peace accord between Egypt and Israel.
		Hassan is not only a skillful actor in domestic politics and society but is a powerful, behind-the-scenes politician on the world stage.
	www.angelfire.com /al/horizons/kinghassan.html (526 words)

	Hassan II - Encyclopedia.com
		A graduate of the Univ. of Bordeaux, Hassan became chief of staff of the Moroccan army in 1957.
		King Hassan's monarchy survived a series of attempted coups that same year and throughout the 1970s as he maintained relative stability by suppressing dissent.
		UN: Secretary-General attends funeral of King Hassan II II of Morocco.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Hassan2.html (514 words)

	MOROCCO IN TRANSITION
		Hassan II recognized women’s key role in the political arena when he said that it was women and intellectuals (apparently mutually exclusive categories) who were the bulwarks against the spread of the Islamist movement in Morocco.
		Hassan II had argued that all Western Saharans be allowed to participate, including those who participated in or were descendants of those involved in the Green March. Additional debate has centered on the question of who among the Saharawis should be able to participate in the referendum.
		While Hassan II was an adept politician and a player in the international arena, his success at maintaining relative stability in Morocco and his ability to thwart various challenges to his rule must be measured against the cost society was asked to bear for his accomplishments.
	web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v7/v7i1a3.htm (9057 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| The young king' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		King Mohamed VI of Morocco, who succeeded his father King Hassan II, was born on 21 August, 1963.
		Economically, the new king should be able to capitalise on the policy of his father, a firm supporter of economic liberalism and of the need to modernise agriculture which provides a living for half the population.
		King Hassan was to have met with new Algerian President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika in the next few weeks amid reports they would agree to reopen their 1,200km-long land borders.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/440/re6.htm (1023 words)

	King Hassan of Morocco: world leaders mourn a ruthless despot
		King Hassan II of Morocco, who died at the age of 70 last Friday after 38 years on the throne, was the second Middle Eastern puppet of US and European imperialism to die in the last six months.
		Born Moulay Hassan in 1929, he was the oldest of the six children of Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef—who claimed descent from the Prophet Mohammed.
		Hassan dissolved Parliament and instituted a state of emergency, wielding absolute power until a new constitution was adopted in 1970.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/jul1999/hass-j28.shtml (2801 words)

	King Hassan II - creator of modern Morocco
		King Hassan II of Morocco guided his country from illiteracy and backwardness in 1956 to a modern 20th century economy.
		Yet, Hassan II, King and ~Prince of the Faithful', whose family has ruled Morocco for over three centuries, has transformed his country from an illiterate and backward land, at the time of independence in 1956, to a modern twentieth century nation - and this has been accomplished without destroying the people's pride in their past.
		In much of the country the King's role as ~Prince of the Faithful' is accepted without question and prayers in the mosques are said to him and his family.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-14867679.html (2684 words)

	"Morocco After Hassan II" (September 2000)
		King Mohammed VI he sudden death of King Hassan II of Morocco in July 1999 and the succession of his 35 year-old son, Sidi Mohammed, has attracted the attention of all those interested in the security and development of the Mediterranean region.
		King Hassan II once said that Morocco was "a tree with its roots in Africa and its branches in Europe." Geographically speaking, Morocco sits on the fringes of Africa, Europe and the Arab World.
		King Hassan II spent a long part of his time in power trying to foster a Moroccan identity out of the mosaic of tribal and ethnic identities that divided the country.
	www.meib.org /articles/0009_me1.htm (2956 words)

	Hassan II, King Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Hassan II kept the support of the bourgeoisie by encouraging the formation of political parties, but at the same time he limited their power and fostered internal divisions within the organizations.
		King Hassan died on July 23, 1999, in a hospital in the capital city of Rabat, Morocco.
		King Hassan was a skillful ruler of a turbulent country in a troubled region for nearly four decades.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/hassan-ii-king (1250 words)

	His Majesty King Hassan II
		In 1947, Prince Moulay Hassan took part in the historic trip of the late Mohammed V to Tangiers where his father delivered a speech claiming the independence of the country, its territorial integrity and its membership to the Arab League.
		His Majesty Hassan II has ceaselessly been working for the unification of the Kingdom and the consolidation of its independence and territorial integrity: liberation of the province of Tarfaya (1958) and the province of Sidi Ifni (1969).
		His Majesty King Hassan II is one of the major advocates of peace in the world.
	www.usa-morocco.org /hassan.htm (1769 words)

	Moroccan Jews mourn the passing of King Hassan II (July 30, 1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But when it came to the king's death, the reaction of Israel's estimated 300,000 Moroccan Jews appeared similar to Morocco's Arab residents, many of whom consider the king to be a direct descendent of the Muslim prophet Mohammad.
		Hassan took power in 1961 after the death of his father, Mohammed V. When Hassan ascended to the throne, he was an unknown quantity with a reputation as a playboy.
		Hassan also played a role in preparing for the 1991 Madrid peace conference and welcomed Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in September 1993, making Morocco the first Arab nation outside of Egypt to officially host an Israeli leader.
	www.jewishsf.com /bk990730/ihassan.shtml (931 words)

	Hassan II of Morocco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Hassan II (July 9, 1929-July 23, 1999) (Arabic: الحسن الثاني) was King of Morocco from 1961 to his death.
		King Hassan was educated at the Imperial College at Rabat and earned a law degree from the University of Bordeaux.
		Hassan was proclaimed Crown Prince on 19 July 1957, and became King on 3 March 1961, after his father's death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hassan_II_of_Morocco (532 words)

	Final farewell to a peacemaker
		King Hassan died after a heart attack on Friday at the age of 70.
		America's friendship with King Hassan was underlined by the presence of former president George Bush and two former secretaries of state, James Baker and Warren Christopher.
		King Hassan's early years were marked by internal dissent that led to several attempted coups, but he established his rule with ruthless determination.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/07/26/whass26.html (693 words)

	IOL: King Hassan II, 1929-1999
		Morocco's King Hassan II, one of the world's longest-serving heads of state, was a master at holding on to power.
		Hassan was born July 9, 1929, in Rabat, the eldest son of Mohammed Ben Yussuf V, the former sultan who later became king.
		During his rule, Hassan found that leading a country was more than a one-man show, and that it required the support of the people.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw932765581152B213 (544 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Morocco's King Hassan II Dead at 70
		King Hassan II of Morocco, a sage and worldly Muslim leader who played a peacemaker's role in the Middle East and outfoxed plotters in several coup attempts while ruling his North African realm with an iron fist, died yesterday after entering a Rabat hospital suffering from pneumonia.
		The best-known contrast, perhaps, was Hassan's claim to have special responsibility for preserving the Islamic character of Jerusalem — commander of the faithful was one of his titles — while at the same time maintaining discreet relations with Israel and cultivating Morocco's own Jewish inhabitants throughout his reign.
		Shortly after taking over from his father, Hassan took one of the risks he was to become famous for, seeking to end a desert war with Morocco's eastern neighbor, Algeria.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/daily/july99/hassan24.htm (972 words)

	Edward Cody, Morocco’s King Hassan II Dead at 70
		Hassan, 17th in an Alawite dynasty stretching back 400 years, was the Arab world’s longest-ruling monarch, having succeeded his father, Mohammed V, in March 1961.
		The best-known contrast, perhaps, was Hassan’s claim to have special responsibility for preserving the Islamic character of Jerusalem—commander of the faithful was one of his titles—while at the same time maintaining discreet relations with Israel and cultivating Morocco’s own Jewish inhabitants throughout his reign.
		As legend has it, Hassan had the pilot radio to the attacking fighters that their strafing had killed the king.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/32/097.html (955 words)

	Moroccan Jews mourn death of king
		King Hassan II took power in 1961 after the death of his father Mohammed V, employing a deft mixture of pro-Western democracy and traditional autocracy that earned the respect of his people.
		The new king's grandfather, Mohammed V, is widely credited with having saved Morocco's Jews from deportation during World War II, and Hassan continued the philo-Semitic policies of his father.
		King Hassan also played a role in preparing for the 1991 Madrid peace conference and welcomed Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in September 1993, making Morocco the first Arab nation outside of Egypt to officially receive an Israeli leader.
	www.jewishaz.com /jewishnews/990730/king.shtml (627 words)

	King Hassan Ii Of Morocco Contemporary Review - Find Articles
		King Hassan II of Morocco died on 23 July, having ruled since 3 March 1961, a period of almost 40 years.
		Hassan II succeeded his father, King Mohammed V, at the unexpectedly early age of 30 when the latter died in the course of a simple intestinal operation.
		Hassan II consolidated the process, reducing them further still to the equivalent of the subservient aristocracy in the France of Louis XIV.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_1605_275/ai_57398279 (841 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Obituary: King Hassan II
		King Hassan II of Morocco was a leading figure in North African politics after his ascension to the throne in 1961.
		For almost four decades King Hassan ruled Morocco as a theocracy, taking his authority from his proclaimed role as Commander of the Faithful and deriding his opponents as heretics.
		King Hassan was determined Morocco would hold on to the barren but phosphate-rich Western Sahara despite resistance from the Polisario Front and pressure from abroad.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/402491.stm (450 words)

	CNN - Arab world unites to mourn Morocco's King Hassan II - July 24, 1999
		RABAT, Morocco -- Morocco began 40 days of mourning Saturday in tribute to its late King Hassan II, one of the Arab world's longest-reigning monarchs, who died of a heart attack on Friday at age 70.
		His eldest son, Mohammed Bin Hassan, 35, formerly known as Sidi, was enthroned in a swift and smooth succession hours later.
		Hassan had friendly relations with conservative Arab leaders, which were further enhanced when he sent troops to Saudi Arabia to fight against Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9907/24/hassan.01/index.html (687 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Opinion \| Images of sorrow
		Global interest in the event is justified: the late king played a significant role in the political life of Morocco, but also in that of the Arab region, and in relations with Europe, the US and the rest of the international community.
		The fact that the ceremony was attended by 60 kings and heads of state attests to the significance of the event.
		Images of the funeral, the mosque in which the king was to be buried, President Clinton carrying a bottle of water to quench his thirst under the scorching sun punctuated the coverage.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/440/op4.htm (618 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Moroccans Mourn King Hassan
		RABAT, Morocco —— Moroccans quietly mourned their king Saturday, standing silently outside the old walled palace where Hassan II reigned for two generations as spiritual leader, chief executive officer and godfather.
		When news came late Friday that Hassan's ailing heart had stopped, Ibourachen quickly boarded a bus in his village near Agadir and rode 500 miles through the night to join the vigil until burial after noon prayers on Sunday.
		Hassan ascended the throne at the death of his father, Mohamed V, in 1961, and he joked to his friend King Juan Carlos of Spain that most people did not expect him to stay on it more than six months.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/daily/july99/moroccans24.htm (612 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Grief engulfs Morocco
		At the time of his death, King Hassan was the Arab world's longest-reigning monarch and a strong Arab nationalist.
		King Hassan had appeared tired after he returned from a recent visit to France.
		King Hassan has been on the throne since 1961, and was a leading political figure in North Africa.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/402321.stm (608 words)

	Royalty.nu - African History and Royalty - The Royal Family of Morocco
		At the age of 5, Malika Oufkir was adopted by King Mohammed V of Morocco and sent to live at the royal court.
		During the reign of Mohammed V's successor, Hassan II, Malika, her mother, and her five siblings were arrested and imprisoned.
		Hassan II was the father of Morocco's current king.
	www.royalty.nu /Africa/Morocco.html (644 words)

	Casablanca Mosque (Hassan II Mosque), Morocco
		The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca was completed in 1993 after great expense and artistic labor, and the result is one of the largest and most beautiful mosques in the world.
		Designed by French architect Michel Pinseau, construction of the Hassan II Mosque began in July 1986 on land reclaimed (without compensation to the former residents) from a run-down area near the sea.
		Nearly all the materials of the Hassan II Mosque are from Morocco, with the sole exceptions of the imported white granite columns and glass chandeliers (from Murano, near Venice).
	www.sacred-destinations.com /morocco/casablanca-hassan-ii-mosque.htm (1317 words)

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		RABAT -- World leaders joined Morocco's masses yesterday to bid farewell to King Hassan II, in a moving state funeral that opened the way for the monarch's son Mohamed to become the youngest leader in the Arab world.
		The three-kilometre procession was to conclude at a mausoleum where Hassan's father King Mohamed V, Morocco's first head of state after independence from France and Spain in 1956, is buried.
		Hassan, a key ally of the West in the Mediterranean region and the Arab world, died on Friday after 38 years on the throne, officially of a heart attack following an acute lung infection.
	www.dispatch.co.za /1999/07/26/foreign/KING.HTM (519 words)

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