Morocco Head of state
King Hassan II
الملك الحسن الثانيKing of Morocco 1961-1999, organised the 1975 Green March that annexed the bulk of Western Sahara, presided over the "Years of Lead" repression.
- Country
- Morocco
- Party
- Independent / unaligned
- Role
- Head of state
- Status
- Historical figure
Position
2 source documents on file for King Hassan II (below). A document-grounded individual position is being scored from them; until that passes review no compass point is shown, rather than imply a precision the dataset doesn't yet have.
On the record
Quotes attributed to King Hassan II that have passed verification. Each carries a year, the context of the statement, and at least one source citation. Browse the full corpus or play the "Who said it?" game.
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Tomorrow, God willing, you will cross the border. Tomorrow, God willing, you will set foot on your land. Tomorrow, God willing, you will touch your sand. Tomorrow, God willing, you will embrace a land that is yours, and embrace your brothers who have been awaiting you for years.
غداً إن شاء الله ستجتازون الحدود، غداً إن شاء الله ستطؤون أرضكم، غداً إن شاء الله ستلمسون رمالها، غداً إن شاء الله ستعانقون أرضاً هي أرضكم، وتعانقون إخواناً لكم انتظروكم سنين.
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Morocco is a tree whose roots lie in Africa but whose leaves breathe in European air.
Source documents
Texts tied to this politician — speeches, interviews, op-eds. The scoring pipeline reads these when scoring positions against documents. All documents →
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Article English 1978-01-01 King Hassan II of Morocco — from his memoir "The Challenge" (1978): his conception of the SACRED MONARCHY — the king as Commander of the Faithful whose duties are "even greater and more demanding," who "must do everything but abdicate." [Second doc — distinct MONARCHY / religion-and-state / regime-legitimacy axis, vs his Green March / Western-Sahara doc.]
And if at the same time the king is Commander of the Faithful, his duties towards his people are even greater and more demanding…. A king must do everything but abdicate; and a king who does not feel at one with his…
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Speech Arabic 1975-11-05 King Hassan II of Morocco — Green March launch speech, Agadir, ~5 November 1975 (official text, Ministry of Habous "Da'wat al-Haqq"): the decision to march in "a peaceful Green March, backed by our rights... relying above all on our will and our faith" to recover the (Western) Sahara — the founding act of Morocco's territorial claim.
قررنا أن نسير بمسيرة سلمية خضراء مدعمين بحقوقنا، محاطين بأشقائنا ورفاقنا، معتمدين قبل كل شيء على إرادتنا وإيماننا. شعبي العزيز تيقنت الآن وآمنت أن المغرب وشؤون المغرب ومستقبل المغرب في أيد أمينة في أيد طافحة بيمن الله،…
How to cite
Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.
In-text: (Gara, 2026)
Per-record citation
APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). King Hassan II [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved August 6, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/hassan-ii
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "King Hassan II." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed August 6, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/hassan-ii.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-hassan-ii,
title = {{King Hassan II}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Politician profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/hassan-ii},
urldate = {2026-08-06},
note = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
} Dataset / working-paper citation
If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.
APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved August 6, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
title = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
type = {Preprint},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
urldate = {2026-08-06},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.