Morocco Head of state
King Mohammed VI
محمد السادسKing of Morocco since 1999; head of the Alaouite monarchy. The monarchy retains executive primacy under the post-2011 constitution.
- Country
- Morocco
- Party
- Independent / unaligned
- Role
- Head of state
Individual position
Scored from King Mohammed VI's own documents rather than inherited from a party — capturing where this figure diverges from the party line. Provisional, document-grounded estimate; see methodology.
On the record
Quotes attributed to King Mohammed VI 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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Algeria is and will remain a sister country to which we are linked by ties of brotherhood, religion, history, geography, and shared destiny.
إنّ الجزائر هي وستبقى بلداً شقيقاً تربطنا به وشائج الأخوّة والدين والتاريخ والجغرافيا والمصير المشترك.
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Morocco is in its Sahara, and the Sahara is in its Morocco — and it shall remain so until the end of time.
إن المغرب في صحرائه، والصحراء في مغربها، وستظل كذلك إلى أبد الآبدين.
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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Speech Arabic 2025-07-29 King Mohammed VI Throne Day Speech, 29 Jul 2025 — 26th anniversary of accession (Tetouan; English translation of Arabic original)
Dear Citizens, Throne Day celebrations provide an annual opportunity to renew the bonds of mutual allegiance and the feelings of affection and loyalty which have invariably united us, and which grow stronger as time…
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Speech Arabic 2019-11-06 King Mohammed VI — Speech to the Nation on the 44th Anniversary of the Green March, 6 November 2019 (official English translation)
Dear Citizens, The Green March has always been the best illustration of the effective cohesion between the Throne and the people. It is testimony to the ability of Moroccans - the King and the people - to rise to the…
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Bill Arabic 2011-07-01 Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco (2011) — granted by King Mohammed VI after the February 20 protests
The reform constitution King Mohammed VI granted in response to the February 20 (Arab Spring) protest movement, approved by referendum on 1 July 2011. It redefines Morocco as 'a constitutional, democratic, parliamentary…
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 Mohammed VI [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/mohammed-vi
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "King Mohammed VI." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/mohammed-vi.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-mohammed-vi,
title = {{King Mohammed VI}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Politician profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/mohammed-vi},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
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 June 21, 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 = {2026-06-21},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.