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Mohammed VI (Arabic: محمد السادس, born 21 August 1963) is the present King of Morocco and Amir al-Mu'minin (commander of the faithful). He acceeded to the throne on 23 July 1999 upon the death of his father.
On the day of his birth, he was appointed Heir Apparent and Crown Prince. His father, King Hassan II, was keen on giving him a religious and political education from an early age. At the age of four, he started attending the Qur'anic school at the Royal Palace,and received a religious and traditional education.
After primary and secondary studies at Royal College[which?] and after he received his Baccalaureate in 1981, Mohammed obtained in 1985 a Bachelor's degree in law at the College of law of the Mohammed V University at Agdal in Rabat. His research paper dealt with "the Arab-African Union and the Strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco in matters of International Relations". He has also frequented the Imperial College and University of Rabat.In the same year of 1985 he was appointed President of the Pan Arab Games and commissioned Colonel Major[clarification needed] of the Royal Moroccan Army on 26 November, and Coordinator of the Offices and Services of the Royal Armed Forces until 1994.
In 1987 he obtained his first Certificat d'Études Supérieures (CES) in Political Sciences and in July 1988 he obtained a Diplôme d'Études Approfondies DEA in Public Law.
In November 1988 he trained in Brussels with Jacques Delors, then President of the European Commission.
He obtained his doctorate in law (PhD) with distinction on 29 October 1993 from the French University of Nice Sophia Antipolis for his thesis on "EEC-Maghreb Relations".
Mohammed was promoted to the rank of Major General on 12 July 1994, the same year he became President of the High Council of Culture and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Moroccan Army until 1999, the year he succeeded his father on 23 July, being enthroned at Rabat on 30 July.
He received an honorary degree (doctor honoris causa) from George Washington University on 22 June 2000 for his promotion of democracy in Morocco.
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