Driss Basri

Not to be confused with Fqih Basri.

Driss Basri (Arabic: إدريس البصري Idrīs al-Baṣrīy, 8 November 1938 in Settat – 27 August 2007) was a Moroccan politician who served as interior minister from 1979 to 1999. After General Oufkir's death in 1972, and then Ahmed Dlimi's death in 1983, Driss Basri became Hassan II's right-hand man and number two of the regime from the beginning of the 1980s to the end of the 1990s.[1][2] His name has been associated with the Years of Lead.[2]

Mohammed VI's decision to end his functions in 1999 increased, for a while, hopes for the democratisation of Morocco.[1] He then exiled himself to Paris, where he died of cancer in 2007.

  1. ^ a b Pierre Haski, La mort dans l'impunité de Driss Basri, le "superflic" d'Hassan II, Rue 89, 27 August 2007 (in French)
  2. ^ a b Mort de Driss Basri, symbole des années de plomb Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, RFI (audio interviews of Basri) (in French)