High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco | |
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Alto Comisario de España en Marruecos | |
Reports to | Head of State of Spain |
Residence | Royal Palace of Tétouan[1] |
Seat | Tetuán |
Formation | 3 April 1913 |
First holder | Felipe Alfau Mendoza |
Final holder | Rafael García Valiño |
Abolished | 7 April 1956 |
On 27 November 1912, amidst the French conquest of Morocco and in the aftermath of the Agadir Crisis, the Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco was signed by the French Third Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. According to the treaty, parts of Morocco would become a Spanish protectorate from 1912 to 1956, when the country regained its independence.