Aziz Mekouar became Morocco’s Ambassador to the United States on June 19, 2002. He had previously been appointed ambassador to Italy (1999-2002), Portugal (1993-1999), and to Angola (1986-1993). He was elected Independent Chairman of the Council of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in November 2001 and re-elected in 2003.
Ambassador Mekouar has gained international recognition as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Morocco (1985-1986), Permanent Representative of Morocco to the International Bureau for Information Technology (1978-1985), and First Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Morocco in Rome (1977-1985).
He is the author of several theses and studies, including: studies and analyses on the situation in Angola, Thirty Years of Italian Domestic Policy, Thirty Years of Italian Foreign Policy, studies on the Asia-dollar and prospective impact on the development of South-East Asia, and a thesis on the fisheries sector in Argentina.
Ambassador Mekouar holds the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal, the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, and the Grand Cross of the Italian Order Merit. He attended the French High School Charles Lepierre in Lisbon, Portugal, and obtained a Master’s degree from the Higher School of Commerce (HEC) in Paris, France, in 1974.
Ambassador Mekouar is fluent in Arabic, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Ambassador was born in Fes, Morocco in 1950. He is married with one child.