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Hassan II



Hassan II (1929– ), king of Morocco since 1961. He initiated a partial democratization in 1962, but has retained nearly absolute power, despite an attempted coup in 1971. A protracted war (beginning in 1976) to gain control of Western Sahara, a former Spanish Sahara colony, has strained the Moroccan economy.



See also: Morocco.

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