King Mohammed VI’s Hands-On Leadership During COVID-19 Crisis Revealed by Former Minister

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King Mohammed VI's Hands-On Leadership During COVID-19 Crisis Revealed by Former Minister

Moulay Hafid El Alamy (MHE), former Minister of Industry, Trade and Digital Economy (2013-2021), revealed details about the management of the Covid-19 crisis in Morocco by King Mohammed VI, including the discussions he had with the sovereign.

"We were in direct contact with the king who, from the first day, took charge. [...] Even before the borders were closed, the king called me on the phone to talk about the situation, saying: ’I intend to close the borders because we need to protect the Moroccans’," MHE confides during a conference at ESSEC in Paris, a major French business school founded in 1907. He admits