Taieb Cherkaoui

Taieb Cherkaoui (born 1949) was the Minister of Interior of Morocco between 2010 and 2012.

Taieb Cherkaoui
Taieb Cherkaoui in May 2011
Minister of the Interior of Morocco
In office 5 January 2010 – 3 January 2012
Prime Minister	Abbas El Fassi
Preceded by	Chakib Benmoussa
Succeeded by	Mohand Laenser
Personal details
Born	1949 Boujad, Morocco

He was appointed to the post in January 2010, succeeding Chakib Benmoussa. A crackdown on protesters occurred under his command in the Rif mountains in 2012. He is alleged to have violated human rights of Moroccan demonstrators and activists. He also commands the different police regions which have government thugs (Baltagija) operating to suppress demonstrations in certain key areas.^[1]

Legal career

Cherkaoui was born in 1949 and worked for years as a public prosecutor, and served the government as director of criminal affairs for the Justice Ministry.^[2] He was eventually appointed president of the Moroccan Supreme Court.^[3]