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King Mohammed VI chaired a ministerial council today, Sunday, at the Royal Palace in Rabat.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 49 of the Constitution, and at the proposal of the Head of Government, and on the initiative of the Minister of Interior, His Majesty the King appointed a number of walis and governors in the territorial administration. In this regard, His Majesty appointed Rachid Benchikhi as governor of the Taza province. Rachid Benchikhi, who was appointed by King Mohammed VI as governor of the Taza province, was born on August 17, 1967 in Oujda. Benchikhi holds a state engineering diploma from the Hassanian School of Public Works. Rachid Benchikhi began his professional career in 1990 as head of service and then head of department at the Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency of Kenitra, before being appointed director of the Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency of Taza starting in 2002, then general manager of the Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency of Beni Mellal starting in 2005. Rachid Benchikhi was also appointed general manager of the Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency of Oujda in 2009, a position he held until he was appointed in September 2014 as general manager of the Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency of Marrakech and then governor of the Al Haouz province, and acting wali of the Marrakech region.
