Driss Basri
Driss Basri ( Arabic إدريس البصري Idrīs al-Baṣrī ; * 1938 in Settat , Morocco ; † August 27, 2007 in Paris ) was a Moroccan politician. He worked under King Hassan II from 1979 as Minister of the Interior ; King Mohammed VI sacked him five months after his accession to the throne in 1999. Basri is held responsible for numerous human rights violations during his 20-year tenure. He died in Paris in August 2007 at the age of 69 after a long illness.
literature
- Driss Basri , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 31/2000 of July 24, 2000, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Obituary on Reuters , August 27, 2007
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| SURNAME | Basri, Driss |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | إدريس البصري (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan politician, Minister of the Interior of Morocco (1979–1999) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Settat , Morocco |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 2007 |
| Place of death | Paris |