Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca)

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Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca)
Location
Morocco Casablanca, Morocco
Information
Type Private
Established 1958
Gender Co-educational
Website

Lycée Lyautey is a French Lycée belonging to the French Mission in Casablanca, Morocco. It was named after Marshal Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey who was the Resident General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. Lycée Lyautey is not only the most multicultural but also the most competitive school in Morocco. The Lycée has a very strong reputation; 96.51% of the class of 2008 passed the baccalauréat général (L, ES and S) whereas the French national average success rate was around 83.3%. It should also be noted that 13% of the students passed the baccalauréat général with the highest honors.

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Notable alumni [edit]

  • David Galula, French military officer and scholar
  • Gad Elmaleh, humorist and comedian
  • Jean Reno, comedian (real name Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez: www.imdb.com/name/nm0000606/)
  • Fouad Laroui, economist and writer
  • Hocine Benbekhaled, Famous Talented Blogger and Investor
  • Laïla Marrakchi, movie director and director of Marock
  • Mehdi Ben Barka, politician
  • Mahdi ElMandjra, futurist, sociologist and economist
  • Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan writer
  • Sidney Toledano, President and Chief Executive Officer of Christian Dior Couture
  • Eric Besson French minister

Ali Benmakhlouf, philosopher, writer and professor

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Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article, accessed May 29, 2006.

Coordinates: 33°35′46″N 7°38′06″W / 33.596°N 7.635°W / 33.596; -7.635