POLITICIAN

Hassan II of Morocco

1929 - 1999

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Hassan II (Arabic: الحسن الثاني, romanized: al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī; 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. A member of the Alawi dynasty, he was the eldest son of King Mohammed V, and his second wife Princess Abla bint Tahar. He was named crown prince in 1957 and was the first commander-in-chief of the Royal Armed Forces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hassan II of Morocco has received more than 1,636,384 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Hassan II of Morocco is the 576th most popular politician (up from 789th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Morocco (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Politician.

Hassan II of Morocco is most famous for being the longest reigning monarch in the world. He ruled from 1961 to 1999.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hassan II of Morocco ranks 576 out of 19,576Before him are Lech Kaczyński, George II of Great Britain, Sneferu, Chaim Weizmann, Xanthippe, and Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu. After him are Khosrow I, Macrinus, Philip III of France, Hamid Karzai, Irene of Athens, and Tigranes the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hassan II of Morocco ranks 12Before him are Milan Kundera, Bud Spencer, Martin Luther King Jr., Jürgen Habermas, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Sergio Leone. After him are Imre Kertész, Irene Papas, Jacques Brel, Yayoi Kusama, Michael Ende, and Jean Baudrillard. Among people deceased in 1999, Hassan II of Morocco ranks 2Before him is Stanley Kubrick. After him are Scatman John, Franjo Tuđman, Pete Conrad, Hussein of Jordan, Mario Puzo, Gertrude B. Elion, Joaquín Rodrigo, Amália Rodrigues, Wilt Chamberlain, and Yehudi Menuhin.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Hassan II of Morocco ranks 3 out of 264Before him are Ibn Battuta (1304), and Jean Reno (1948). After him are Just Fontaine (1933), Abd el-Krim (1882), Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Nathalie Delon (1941), Alain Badiou (1937), and Serge Haroche (1944).

Among POLITICIANS In Morocco

Among politicians born in Morocco, Hassan II of Morocco ranks 1After him are Abd el-Krim (1882), Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Ibn Tumart (1097), Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1160), Yusef of Morocco (1882), Ahmad al-Mansur (1549), Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1138), and Hassan I of Morocco (1836).