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Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid

Politician

Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mohamed Mehdi BENSAID · Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid · محمد مهدي بنسعيد				[sources]
Alias	Mehdi Bensaid · Mehdi Bensaïd				[sources]
Birth date	1984-10-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Rabat				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	France · Morocco				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Mehdi				[sources]
Last name	Bensaïd				[sources]
Political association	Authenticity and Modernity Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q65499406				[sources]
Position	Member of the House of Representatives of Morocco (2011-2016) · Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication (2021-) · Minister of Youth, Culture, & Communication · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2013-2014) · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2015-2016) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Harvard University · Lycée Descartes (1999-2003) · Toulouse Capitole University (2003-2009)				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-13	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Moroccan politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication	2021-10-07	-

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Source data IDs: NK-VERasm4uRGhch42D7z9Xsb · evpo-98d584e5-2bdf-4683-bb11-67e9fd0da37c · us-cia-morocco-mohamed-mehdi-bensaid-minister-of-youth-culture-communication

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