Ahmed Boutaleb

Not to be confused with Ahmed Aboutaleb.
Ahmed Boutaleb
أحمد بوطالب
Inspector General of the Royal Air Force
Assumed office
1998
Preceded by Abdelaziz Alaoui Mrani
Personal details
Born 1946 (age 69–70)[1]
Tahla, Taza Province, Morocco[1]
Military service
Allegiance Morocco Morocco
Service/branch Royal Moroccan Air Force
Years of service 1964–present
Rank General
Commands Royal Moroccan Air Force
Battles/wars Western Sahara War

General Ahmed Boutaleb (Arabic: أحمد بوطالب‎‎ – born 1946 in Tahla, Taza province) is the Inspector of the Royal Moroccan Air Force.[2][3][4]

Ahmed Boutaleb joined the air force in 1964 as part of a new class of air force officers that were recruited after the 1963 sand war. In 1977 he held the rank of captain.[1]

Towards the end of Hassan II's reign, Boutaleb was appointed as the aide-de-camp of then crown prince Sidi Mohammed and was promoted sometime afterwards to the rank of Colonel Major then to his current position, replacing General Abdelaziz Alaoui M'rani.[2] He had started his career in the military as a C-130 pilot and was trained in the United States.[2]

Ahmed Boutaleb is from the Beni Ourain (also known as Beni Warain), a Zenata tribe of the region south of Taza.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "L'AVIATION des FAR ( Post HASSI BEIDA et Octobre 1963 )". Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Maroc : Le général Ahmed Boutaleb sur orbite". Maghreb Intelligence. December 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ↑ M Sehimi (12 June 2009). "Qui dirige l'armée au Maroc ?". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Organigramme" (PDF). TelQuel. n° 204. Retrieved 29 November 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)


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