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Khalil Hachimi Idrissi
خليل الهاشمي الإدريسي
Born14 August 1956
Casablanca
Died8 April 2023
Rabat
NationalityMoroccan
EducationParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Occupation(s)Journalist
Former Director-General of Maghreb Arabe Press

Khalil Hachimi Idrissi (خليل الهاشمي الإدريسي; 14 August 1956- 8 April 2023)[1][2] was a Moroccan journalist and Director General of the Maghreb Arabe Press.

Life

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Khalil Hachimi Idrissi was born on 14 August 1956, in Casablanca, Morocco. He obtained his third cycle diploma from the Institute of Geography of the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

He began his career in the media collaborating in various media and radio stations in France. After his return to Morocco, he worked as a columnist, journalist and editor-in-chief for many years at the weekly Maroc Hebdo International, before founding in 2000 the French-language daily Aujourd'hui Le Moroccan” .

In 2007, he chaired the National Journalism Grand Prize Committee. The following year he is elected president of the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Editors (FMEJ), being re-elected in 2011. This same year, Mohamed VI of Morocco appointed him general director of the Moroccan news agency Maghreb Arabe Press (MAP).[1]

As a writer he has several books, including

  • Billets Bleus, chroniques marocaines(1994-2000)
  • A la conquête de rien
  • Subterfuges ou les détours des rimes rebelles
  • La foi n'est convoquée que les jours de fête.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rahhou, Jihane (9 April 2023). "Director general of Morocco press agency dies". Morocco World News. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ MT (9 April 2023). "Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, the Director General of the MAP, passed away". Morocco Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ Redacción (26 February 2023). "Conference of the Lions Clubs of the Mediterranean: Great tribute to Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, former Governor of District 416 Morocco". Maghreb Arabe Press. Tánger (Morocco). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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