The Years of Lead was a period of the rule of King Hassan II of Morocco, from roughly the 1960s through the 1980s, marked by state violence and repression against political dissidents and democracy activists.
Hassan II in 1983
Image: Damaged tail of the royal Boeing 727 after the 1972 Moroccan coup attempt
Hassan II was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999.
Hassan II in 1983
Mawlay Hassan studying at the Royal College in 1943
Mawlay Hassan and his father, Sultan Mohammed V in 1950
King Hassan II greeting the public on his way to prayer in Marrakesh, 1966