Khalil Hachimi Idrissi

Former director-general of Maghreb Arabe Press

Khalil Hachimi Idrissi
خليل الهاشمي الإدريسي
Born	14 August 1956 Casablanca
Died	8 April 2023 Rabat
Nationality	Moroccan
Education	Paris 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

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

^ ^a ^b Rahhou, Jihane (9 April 2023). "Director general of Morocco press agency dies". Morocco World News. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ MT (9 April 2023). "Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, the Director General of the MAP, passed away". Morocco Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ 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.