Mohamed Mediouri

Haj Mohamed El Mediouri is the former chief of the personal security, and the senior bodyguard, of King Hassan II of Morocco.
Outside his official security position inside the palace, he was the president of Kawakab Marrakesh football club and the Moroccan Athletics federation.
After the death of Hassan II, he married his widow Lalla Latifa and settled in France. He was discharged of all of his official positions.
El Mediouri was also involved in business, he was the exclusive distributor of Motorola Talkie Walkies in Morocco. His son reportedly still runs this business.

Biography

Haj Mohammed Mediouri started his career as policeman in the CMI, the riot control division of the Moroccan police. After the coups attempts of the early 1970s Hassan II realized that his security was insufficient and tasked Raymond Sassia with the formation of a new security for the monarch. Sassia recruited and trained, with the assistance of Hadj Ahmed El Faqir, Mediouri among others, but he became close to the king, and he eventually replaced Sassia in the late 1970s as chief of security in the royal palace.
In May 2000, he married Princess Lalla Latifa, the widow of King Hassan II.