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King Mohammed VI (. He ascended the throne in 1999. EARLY MONARCHY King Mohammed VI was born in Rabat , Morocco on August 21 , 1963 , the eldest son and second child of King Hassan II and his wife Lalla Latifa Hammou from an important Berber family. Before becoming King , he held the title of Crown Prince . He was enthroned July 23 , 1999 , just hours after the death of his father. The young King soon became known as a moderniser who brought about a Constitutional Monarchy . H.M. King Mohammed VI was the 18th king in the Alaouite Dynasty , which has reigned in Morocco since 1666 , he is also according to the Moroccan constitution Amir Al-Muminin ''Commander of the faithful'' or religious chief. EDUCATION His father, the late 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'an ic school at the Royal Palace where he learned how to write and read, learned the Qur'an by heart, and received a religious and traditional education. After primary and secondary studies at the Royal College and after he received his Baccalaureate in 1981, H.M. King Mohammed VI obtained in 1985 a B.A in law at the College of law of the Mohammed V University in Rabat . His research paper dealt with "''the Arab-African Union and the Strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco in matters of International Relations.''" In 1987, he obtained his first "Certificat D'Etudes Supérieures" (CES) in political sciences, and in July 1988, he obtained a "Diplôme des Etudes Supérieures du Doctorat" in public law. In order to complete his training, in November 1988 he underwent training in Brussels with Jacques Delors , then President of the European Commission . He obtained his Doctorate in law ( Ph.D ) with "Very Honorable" distinction and the Congratulations of the Jury on October 29, 1993, from the French University Of Nice-Sophia Antipolis for his thesis on "EEC-Maghreb Relations." He is the recipient of an Honoris Causa degree by The George Washington University awarded in June 22, 2000, for the efforts he has been exerting to expand the scope of democracy in Morocco . H.M. King Mohammed VI was promoted to the rank of Major General on July 12 , 1994 . SOCIAL REFORM & LIBERALIZATION Shortly after he took the throne, he addressed his nation via television, promising to take on poverty and corruption, while creating jobs and improving Morocco's human rights record. Mohammed VI is generally opposed by Islamist Conservative s. His support for political pluralism has angered some Fundamentalists . He also created a new family code, or Mudawana , which granted women more power. The law came into effect in February, 2004 . Mohammed also created the so-called Instance Equité Et Réconciliation (IER), a commission, which was supposed to research the Human Rights violations under Hassan II. The commission was however not allowed to mention Mohammed's predecessor or report about human rights violations since 1999, when Mohammed was enthroned. This move was welcomed by many as a move towards Democracy , but also criticized because the commission could not criticize the violation of freedom of speech, which according to human rights organizations still exists in Morocco. FAMILY H.M. King Mohammed VI has one brother, Prince Moulay Rachid , and three sisters, Princess Lalla Meryem , Princess Lalla Asma , and Princess Lalla Hasna . On March 21 , 2002 , the king married Salma Bennani (now Princess Lalla Salma ) in Rabat . A computer engineer from Fes , he gave her the title Princess , the first time a Moroccan sovereign's wife has been so acknowledged. At the time the couple met, she was working in the information technology department of Omnium Nord Afrique (ONA), the largest mining company in Morocco. The King and Princess Lalla Salma have one child, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan , who was born on May 8 , 2003 . SEE ALSO REFERENCE
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