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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests (2017–2021); president (2016–2026); Finance Minister of Morocco (2013–2013); Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests (2007–2017)."},{"q":"Where did Aziz Akhannouch study?","a":"Aziz Akhannouch was educated at University of Sherbrooke."}],"related":[{"name":"Driss Jettou","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/driss-jettou"},{"name":"Ahmed Osman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-osman"},{"name":"Ahmed Bahnini","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-bahnini"},{"name":"Abbas El Fassi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abbas-el-fassi"},{"name":"Abdallah Ibrahim","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdallah-ibrahim"},{"name":"Abdelilah Benkirane","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdelilah-benkirane"},{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/aziz-akhannouch-97171fdd0c.jpg","width":293,"height":414,"license":"Public domain","credit":"United States Department of State Africa U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Photos and Videos","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aziz_Akhannouch,_Joe_Biden,_Jill_Biden_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Aziz Akhannouch","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziz_Akhannouch","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1638114","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1638114","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Aziz Akhannouch, Joe Biden, Jill Biden (cropped).jpg by United States Department of State Africa U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Photos and Videos (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aziz_Akhannouch,_Joe_Biden,_Jill_Biden_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Aziz Akhannouch, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Aziz Akhannouch, Joe Biden, Jill Biden (cropped).jpg — United States Department of State Africa U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Photos and Videos, Public domain.","cite":"\"Aziz Akhannouch\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/aziz-akhannouch. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/aziz-akhannouch","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/aziz-akhannouch","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/aziz-akhannouch?lang=ne"}}