Moroccan businessperson
Abdeslam Ahizoune
(born 20 April 1955 in
Tiflet
,
Morocco
) is a Moroccan businessman. He is the
chairman
of the management board of
Maroc Telecom
and the former
chief executive officer
, the main Moroccan
telecommunications
company.
Education
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Ahizoune was born on 20 April 1955 in
Tiflet
, located about 60 km from
Rabat
, to a landowning
Berber
family. His father Aissa Ahizoune was a notable of the Khessasna tribe. He started his studies at College Ibn Ajroum.
[1]
In 1972 he received a baccalaureate in mathematics,
[2]
and in 1977 earned an engineering diploma from
Telecom Paris
.
[3]
[4]
Career
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Upon graduation, Ahizoune joined the
National Posts and Telecommunication Board
(ONPT) where he held multiple positions.
[5]
From 1983 to 1992, he was director of telecommunications in the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications.
[2]
In 1992 he was appointed the Minister of Post and Telecommunications and held the office until 1995, also he served as director general of the ONPT until 1997. On October 13, 1997, Ahzoune returned to the ministry as the Minister of Telecommunication and remained in office for nearly eight months.
[6]
In 1999, the ONPT was divided into two separate entities: Post Maroc and Maroc Telecom, the latter became a public limited company and the government had full ownership. From 1999 until 2001, he was a general manager at Maroc Telecom. In 2001, Ahizoune was appointed CEO, the year
Vivendi
acquired Maroc Telecom,
[7]
then in addition to his new position, he was named the chairman of the management board of Vivendi, as well as being the chairman of Mobisud (a subsidiary of Vivendi).
[8]
He was a member of the management board of Vivendi from April 2005 to June 2012. Under his mandate, Maroc Telecom witnessed continuous development,
[9]
took majority stake in different companies, including
Mauritania
-based
Mauritel
,
Gabon
-based
Gabon Telecom
, and
Mali
-based
Sotelma
.
[10]
The revenue of the company jumped from 3.8 billion dirhams in 2001 to 29.9 billion dirhams in 2012.
[7]
[11]
Ahizoune was the CEO and Chairman of
Medi1 TV
.
[8]
Since December 2006, Ahizoune has been the president of the
Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (FRMA)
,
[12]
[13]
Morocco
's athletics governing body. Ahizoune is a member of
Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture
.
[2]
Since 2008, Ahizoune has been Moroccan Association of Telecom Professionals (MATI).
In 2017, he was awarded the
Prix de reconnaissance de la culture amazighe
by the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture.
[14]
References
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Iraqi, Fahd (12 June 2012).
"Abdeslam Ahizoune. Ombres et lumieres d'une success story"
.
TelQuel
(in French)
. Retrieved
2020-08-24
.
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a
b
c
Historical Dictionary of Morocco. By Aomar Boum and Thomas K. Park. page 33
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Abdeslam Ahizoune
Archived
2013-08-31 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Corporate Executives
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Abdeslam Ahizoune, Maroc Telecom: Profile and Biography
Bloomberg
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Maroc : Abdeslam Ahizoune, la loyaute recompensee
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Biographie de Abdeslam Ahizoune
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a
b
"Morocco, Vivendi Universal seal Maroc Telecom acquisition deal"
. Albawaba. November 21, 2004
. Retrieved
8 February
2020
.
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a
b
"Maroc Telecom: Key People"
. WSJ
. Retrieved
8 February
2020
.
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"Maroc Telecom, fleuron de l'economie africaine"
(in French). VisionsMag. March 29, 2013. Archived from
the original
on 21 April 2013
. Retrieved
8 February
2020
.
- ^
"Gabon Telecom, Mauritel, Sotelma et Onatel : des visages de reussite de Maroc Telecom en 2012"
(in French).
Archived
from the original on 8 August 2013
. Retrieved
8 February
2020
.
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"Maroc Telecom : Les resultats 2012 depassent legerement les objectifs"
. 21 February 2013.
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"Abdeslam Ahizoune reelected president of the Royal Moroccan Athletics Federatio"
. Yabiladi. 2019-07-23
. Retrieved
2 February
2020
.
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Presentation de la FRMA
FRMA
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"Ahizoune recoit le Prix de reconnaissance"
.
Les Inspirations eco
(in French)
. Retrieved
2020-08-24
.
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