Abdelkhalek Torres
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Abdelkhalek Torres | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 1961 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed V |
| Prime Minister | None |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Bahnini |
| Succeeded by | M'hamed Boucetta |
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| Born | 1910 |
| Died | May 27, 1970 (aged 59–60) |
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| Moroccan writers |
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Abdelkhalek Torres (Arabic: عبد الخالق الطريس; 1910 – May 27, 1970) was a Moroccan journalist and nationalist leader based in Tetouan, Morocco during the Spanish protectorate of Morocco era.[1] He was the nephew of Muhammad Torres (1820-1908), the Minsiter of Foreign Affairs of Sultan Abdelaziz and his representative at the Algeciras Conference (1906). He co-founded an Arabic newspaper entitled al-Hurriya (الحرية Freedom) along with Abdesalam Bennuna.[2] In 1936, he founded a political party called al-Islah al-Watani (The National Reform) with backing from the Spanish Falangists with whom he enjoyed a good relationship.
Torres's 1934 play Intissar al haq (The Victory of the Right), "is still considered the first published Moroccan play," according to scholar Kamal Salhi.[3]
His political activity from the 1930s on culminated in the independence of Morocco in 1956.[4][5][6] In his later years, Torres served first as ambassador to Spain and Egypt, and then as Minister of Justice.[7]
