Bouchaib Arroub

Bouchaib Arroub
بوشعيب عروب
Inspector General of the Armed Forces and commander of the southern zone
In office
13 June 2014 – January 2017
Preceded byAbdelaziz Bennani
Succeeded byAbdelfattah Lourak (as Inspector General of the Armed Forces)
Belkhir El Farouk (as Commander of the Southern Zone)
Commander of the third bureau
In office
1988[1] – 18 January 2017
Personal details
Bornc. 1936 (age 88–89)[2]
Arbaa Lgfaf, Commune of Lagfaf, Khouribga Province[3]
Military service
Allegiance Morocco
Branch/service Royal Moroccan Army
Years of service1950s–present
RankGeneral
CommandsInspector-General of the Armed Forces
Commander of the southern zone

Bouchaib Arroub (Arabic: بوشعيب عروب; born c. 1936)[2] is a Moroccan army general. He held the position of the Inspector General of the Moroccan army between 13 June 2014 and January 2017.

On 13 June 2014 Arroub was appointed by king Mohammed VI into this position after the sudden death of General Abdelaziz Bennani.[4] In June 2014, reports had revealed that Bennani was in poor health and that he was following treatment in France. Arroub was also the commander of the military operations (the third bureau), a position he held for a long time since the days of Hassan II (1988), after he was brought back by the monarch into important positions, since he was a member of Oufkir's cabinet as a junior officer at the time of the attempted coups of 1972 and 1971.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference alifpost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal, Volume 124. West of England Press. 1994. p. 204. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  3. ^ "الرجل القوي في الجيش الجينرال بوشعيب عروب.. ولد لاربعا لكفاف الذي يشكل أحد أضلاع المثلث الذهبي للجينرالات في المغرب". Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  4. ^ "SM le Roi nomme le Général de Corps d'Armée Bouchaib Arroub, Inspecteur général des FAR, Commandant la zone Sud". Maghreb Arabe Presse. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

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