Youssef Amrani | |
Office: | Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
Term Start: | 3 January 2012 |
Term End: | 2017 |
Primeminister: | Abdelilah Benkirane |
Predecessor: | Mohamed Ouzzine |
Office1: | Consul of Morocco in Barcelona |
Term Start1: | 1992 |
Term End1: | 1996 |
Monarch1: | Hassan II |
Primeminister1: | Azeddine Laraki Abdellatif Filali |
Office2: | Ambassador of Morocco to Colombia |
Term Start2: | 1996 |
Term End2: | 1999 |
Monarch2: | Hassan II |
Primeminister2: | Abdellatif Filali Abderahmane el Youssfi |
Office3: | Ambassador of Morocco to Chile |
Term Start3: | 1999 |
Term End3: | 2001 |
Monarch3: | Hassan II Mohammed VI |
Primeminister3: | Abderahmane el Youssfi |
Office4: | Ambassador of Morocco to Mexico |
Term Start4: | 2001 |
Term End4: | 2003 |
Primeminister4: | Abderahmane el Youssfi Driss Jettou |
Office5: | Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
Term Start5: | 2008 |
Term End5: | 25 May 2011 |
Term Start6: | 1 July 2011[1] |
Term End6: | 10 February 2012 |
Predecessor6: | Ahmad Khalaf Masa'deh |
Successor6: | Fathallah Sijilmassi |
Party: | Istiqlal |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1953 |
Birth Place: | Tangier, Morocco |
Occupation: | Politician, Diplomat |
Youssef Amrani (ar|يوسف عمراني - born 23 September 1953, Tangier) is a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party. Since October 2021, Amrani has served as the Moroccan ambassador to the European Union.[2] He has previously held positions as Morocco's ambassador to South Africa, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. He also held the position as the Delegate-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.[3] Before this nomination he worked since 1978 as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rabat.[3] He also served as Consul and Ambassador of Morocco to multiple Spanish-speaking countries and was Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean until February 2012.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]