أول خطاب رسمي للملك محمد السادس بعد وفاة الحسن الثاني سنة 1999

On Friday, Rabi’ al-Akhir 16, 1420 AH, corresponding to July 30, 1999 AD, King Mohammed VI officially performed Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque of Fez and delivered the first Throne Speech. This date was officially adopted to celebrate Throne Day. King Mohammed VI began his speech with the phrase “My dear people,” then continued his speech by recalling his father, enumerating some of his virtues and achievements and the great gains he achieved for the Moroccan people. In his speech, King Mohammed focused on internal policy and described it as having prominent features and clear characteristics, and that what is required is to consolidate and support it. He also affirmed his attachment to the system of constitutional monarchy, multi-party politics, economic liberalism, the policy of regionalization and decentralization, the establishment of a state of right and law, the preservation of human rights and individual and collective freedoms, the preservation of security, the consolidation of stability for all, and the solution of the problems of unemployment and poverty. Mohammed VI bin Hassan II Al-Alawi (August 21, 1963 AD) is the King of the Kingdom of Morocco since 1999 and the twenty-third king of Morocco from the Alawite Filali dynasty. He assumed power to succeed his father, King Hassan II, after his death, and the pledge of allegiance to him as king was completed on Friday, Rabi’ Al-Thani 9, 1420. AH, corresponding to July 23, 1999, at the Royal Palace in Rabat. He was born in Rabat to be the eldest male child of King Hassan II and his wife, Latifa Hammou. Therefore, he was a clear heir to the throne and crown prince from birth, as stipulated in the constitution. He began his education at the age of four in the Qur’anic library attached to the royal palace, while he completed it abroad until he obtained a doctorate in law with Honors degree from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France.