Abdelhak Mrini

Abdelhak el Merini
Born	(1934-05-31) May 31, 1934 (age 90) Rabat, Morocco
Nationality	Moroccan
Occupation(s)	Intellectual, civil servant, historian
Employer	Mohammed VI of Morocco
Known for	Adviser of Mohammed VI of Morocco
Notable work	Al-Jaysh al-maghribi abra at-tarikh

Abdelhak Mrini (also known as Abdelhak El Merini, also spelled as Lamrini or Lemrini; Arabic: عبد الحق المريني; born 31 May 1934, Rabat),^[1][2] is a Moroccan historian, civil servant and writer.

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Abdelhak Mrini was born in Rabat,^[3] he then studied history at the University of al-Qarawiyyin^[1].

Mrini Is the author of several books and was awarded the Moroccan Book Prize for Al-Jaysh al-maghribi abra at-tarikh (The Moroccan Army Through History).

Since December 2010, he has been the Moroccan governments chief historian,^[3] replacing Hassan Aourid, and since October 2012, the spokesman of the Royal Palace of Mohammed VI.^[3] As spokesman for the palace, after having kept to press releases, he spoke for the first time in an article - via the London-based, Arabic-language daily Acharq Al-Awsat in July 2013.^[4]

Official website (in Arabic and French)