{"id":"dalil-boubakeur","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dalil-boubakeur","language":"en","name":"Dalil Boubakeur","name_en":"Dalil Boubakeur","name_ne":null,"description":"French physician","headline":"French physician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Dalil Boubakeur is a physician, mufti, and former rector of the Great Mosque of Paris. He is also the president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith. He was born on 2 November 1940 in the Algerian city of Skikda, to Hamza Boubakeur and Zoubida Kiouane. He studied at Lycée Bugeaud in Algiers, before moving to France and studying at Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He graduated from the Faculty of Sciences and Medicine of Paris and holds degrees in Quranic studies, theology and Muslim civilization. Boubakeur was succeeded in his role as rector of the Great Mosque of Paris by Chems-Eddine Hafiz in 2020.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"2 November 1940","date":"1940-11-02"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Skikda","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2292517"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"},{"text":"Algeria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"cleric","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2259532"},{"text":"physician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39631"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Lycée Louis-le-Grand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059546"},{"text":"Al-Azhar University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173959"},{"text":"Lycée Bugeaud","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3268603"},{"text":"University of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209842"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (2019–2020)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2019-06-30","end":"2020"},{"text":"president (2013–2015)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2013","end":"2015"},{"text":"president (2003–2008)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2003","end":"2008"},{"text":"rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris (1992–2020)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81176770","start":"1992","end":"2020"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Officer of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855195","date":"2004"},{"text":"Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13422142","date":"2014-05-14"},{"text":"Knight of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855271","date":"1995"},{"text":"Officer of the National Order of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13422140","date":"2002"},{"text":"Commander of the National Order of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13422141","date":"2008"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalil_Boubakeur","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Dalil Boubakeur born?","a":"Dalil Boubakeur was born on 2 November 1940 in Skikda."},{"q":"What positions has Dalil Boubakeur held?","a":"Positions held by Dalil Boubakeur include: president (2019–2020); president (2013–2015); president (2003–2008); rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris (1992–2020)."},{"q":"Where did Dalil Boubakeur study?","a":"Dalil Boubakeur was educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Al-Azhar University, Lycée Bugeaud, University of Paris."}],"related":[{"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/dalil-boubakeur-3a9683af93.jpg","width":500,"height":746,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Cyclotron","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dalil_Boubakeur_(Cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Dalil Boubakeur","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalil_Boubakeur","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q898596","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898596","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Dalil Boubakeur (Cropped).jpg by Cyclotron (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dalil_Boubakeur_(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 Dalil Boubakeur, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Dalil Boubakeur (Cropped).jpg — Cyclotron, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Dalil Boubakeur\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/dalil-boubakeur. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T08:07:14Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/dalil-boubakeur","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/dalil-boubakeur","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/dalil-boubakeur?lang=ne"}}