King Mohammed VI's Hands-On Leadership During COVID-19 Crisis Revealed by Former Minister
Moulay Hafid El Alamy (MHE), former Minister of Industry, Trade and Digital Economy (2013-2021), revealed details about the management of the Covid-19 crisis in Morocco by King Mohammed VI, including the discussions he had with the sovereign.
By Sébastien A.

"We were in direct contact with the king who, from the first day, took charge. [...] Even before the borders were closed, the king called me on the phone to talk about the situation, saying: ’I intend to close the borders because we need to protect the Moroccans’," MHE confides during a conference at ESSEC in Paris, a major French business school founded in 1907. He admits




