Moulay Ali Alaoui
Moroccan prince (1924–1988)
Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra
(m. 1961)Sharif Moulay Abdallah Alaoui
Sharif Moulay Youssef Alaoui
Prince Moulay Ali (1924–1988) was a member of the reigning Alawi dynasty of Morocco.
He held many senior positions including ambassador to France (1964–1966), CEO of ONA Group (1980–1985), President of Cosumar and CEO of banks such as Banque Marocaine pour l’Expansion Economique and Soc de Banque et de Crédit.
Family
He was the son of Prince Moulay Idriss (son of Sultan Moulay Youssef) and Lalla Joumala, a daughter of Moulay Mustafa by his wife which was a daughter of Sultan Hassan I. Thus was a cousin of Hassan II both on his father's and mother's side. He studied in Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca.
He was Special Adviser to his cousin King Hassan II and Special Envoy to Iran in 1966.
On 16 August 1961 he married his cousin Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, an older sister of Hassan II, with whom he had a daughter and two sons:
- Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui (born 1962);
- Sharif Moulay Abdallah Alaoui (born c. 1965);
- Sharif Moulay Youssef Alaoui (born c. 1969).
Honours
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Throne (Kingdom of Morocco).
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic, 06/1963).
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Equatorial Star (Gabon).
