Driss Debbagh

Driss Debbagh was a Moroccan politician. He was an ambassador to Italy and a minister of commerce, industry, mining and merchant navy. He was also vice-president and chairman of Banque Commerciale du Maroc.
Driss Debbagh was the son of Tayed ibn Brahim Debbagh and his second wife Zahra bint Mohammed Soussi. He was fluent in Berber, Arabic, French, English and Italian. He lived in France in the end of the 1940s and he received a bachelor in chemical engineering in 1950 from L'École Nationale Supérieur des Arts et Industries Textiles de Roubaix, France. He returned to Morocco and became the president of the royal federation of aeronautic sports in 1957.

Awards

Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy
While he was ambassador in Rome, H.E. Driss Debbagh received a distinction from Pope John XXIII.