Hamidou Laanigri حميدو لعنيݣري | |
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General Inspector of the Auxiliary Forces | |
In office 2006 – 10 September 2023 | |
Director of the DST | |
In office September 1999[1] – June 2003 | |
Preceded by | Driss Basri |
Succeeded by | Ahmed Harari[2] |
Director of the DGSN Direction Générale de Sûreté Nationale | |
In office July 2003[1] – September 2006 | |
Preceded by | Hafid Benhachem |
Succeeded by | Charki Draiss |
Personal details | |
Born | 1939 Meknes, French Morocco |
Died | (aged 84) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Morocco |
Branch/service | Royal Gendarmerie |
Years of service | 1959–2023 |
Rank | General |
Commands | Commander-in-Chief of the Auxiliary Forces |
Battles/wars | |
Hamidou Laanigri (1939 – 10 September 2023) was a Moroccan general who served as head of the intelligence service of the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior. Laanigri was often accused of acts of torture in relation to the detention of Islamist activists after the 2003 Casablanca bombings and in connection with the secret Temara interrogation centre.[3]