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president (1994–2017); commanding officer (1972–2017)."},{"q":"Where did Housni Benslimane study?","a":"Housni Benslimane was educated at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr."}],"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"},{"name":"Ali Khamenei","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-khamenei"},{"name":"Ariel Sharon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ariel-sharon"},{"name":"Thanom Kittikachorn","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thanom-kittikachorn"},{"name":"Michael Randrianirina","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-randrianirina"},{"name":"Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba"},{"name":"William Chearnley","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-chearnley"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/housni-benslimane-3e5a745c75.jpg","width":233,"height":216,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hosni_benslimane_gardien_de_but_des_FAR_de_Rabat_en_1959.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Housni Benslimane","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housni_Benslimane","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3140916","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3140916","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Hosni benslimane gardien de but des FAR de Rabat en 1959.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hosni_benslimane_gardien_de_but_des_FAR_de_Rabat_en_1959.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 Housni Benslimane, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Hosni benslimane gardien de but des FAR de Rabat en 1959.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Housni Benslimane\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/housni-benslimane. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/housni-benslimane","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/housni-benslimane","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/housni-benslimane?lang=ne"}}