Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco

Moulay Hassan
مولاي الحسن
Crown Prince of Morocco
Moulay Hassan in 2018
Born (2003-05-08) 8 May 2003 (age 20)
Rabat Royal Palace, Rabat, Morocco
Names
Hassan ibn Mohammed Al-Alaoui
DynastyAlawi
FatherMohammed VI
MotherSalma Bennani
ReligionSunni Islam
Styles of
Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco
Reference styleHis Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

Moulay Hassan bin Mohammed (Arabic: مولاي الحسن بن محمد, romanizedMawlāyy al-Ḥasan bin Muḥammad; born 8 May 2003) is Crown Prince of Morocco. He is the elder child of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Princess Lalla Salma. He has a younger sister, Princess Lalla Khadija. He is named after his grandfather Hassan II. Upon his accession, he is expected to bear the regnal name Hassan III. In 2013, he began participating with his father at public official engagements.

Early life and education

Moulay Hassan was born in Rabat Royal Palace on 8 May 2003, to Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife, Princess Lalla Salma. He was named after his grandfather, the late King Hassan II. The oldest child of the current king, he has a sister, Princess Lalla Khadija.

Moulay Hassan pursued both his primary and secondary education at the Royal College. He is a polyglot who speaks several languages aside from his native Arabic, including English, French and Spanish.

Moulay Hassan obtained his High school diploma from the Royal College in 2020 and joined the Faculty of Governance and Economic and Social Sciences (FGSES) Al-Hakama of Sala Al Jadida, an affiliate of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Ben Guerir (UM6P) for the 2020–2021 school year. He chose to major in international relations.

Official duties

Moulay Hassan was the youngest participant at the One Planet Summit in France in 2017, where he gained international acclaim. In this respect, he is following in his father’s footsteps.

On 28 June 2019, Moulay Hassan represented King Mohammed VI at the operations launch ceremony of the new port Tanger Med II, cementing Tanger-Med as a leading port and vital asset to the Mediterranean.

On 30 September 2019, in Paris, Moulay Hassan attended the funeral of the late French President Jacques Chirac, which took place at the Saint-Sulpice Church. On the same day, he took part in the lunch organized by President Emmanuel Macron, at the Élysée Palace, in honor of the Heads of State present at the funeral of the deceased president Chirac.

Moulay El Hassan inaugurated the International Exhibition and Museum of the Biography of the Prophet and Islamic Civilization at the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) in Rabat on November 17, 2022.

On 20 December 2022, Moulay Hassan along King Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid, received the members of the National football team, in the Throne Room at the Royal Palace in Rabat, after their performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Foreign Honours

Ancestry

See also


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