Hassan II of Morocco
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Hassan II was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. Before his accession, he served as Crown Prince of Morocco from 1957 to 1961 and held key positions including commander-in-chief of the
Hassan in 1983
Hassan II studying at the Royal College in 1943
Hassan II and his father Sultan Mohammed V, 1950
Hassan II greeting the public on his way to Friday prayer in Marrakesh, 1966
Mohammed V of Morocco
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Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, better known simply as Mohammed V, was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961
Hassan II of Morocco
…from 1957 to 1961 and held key positions including commander-in-chief of the Royal Armed Forces and deputy prime minister. He was the eldest son of Mohammed V, who led Morocco to independence from French & Spanish rule. Hassan was born in Rabat during the reign of his father, Mohammed V, the future king who…
Mohammed in 1953
Sultan Mohammed seated with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during the 1943 Casablanca Conference; his son Hassan is pictured standing behind him.
On the cover of Time, 22 April 1957
Mohamed V receiving Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Casablanca, 1961