From top, left to right: troops outside the Radio-Maroc headquarters; a rebel gets detained; the rebel is tossed onto a truck
Date
10 July 1971
Location
Rabat and Skhirat, Morocco[1]
Result
Coup d'état failed
Led to the Years of Lead
Belligerents
Rebel cadets from Ahermoumou military school
Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (elements)
Supported by: Libya (alleged)[1][2]
Kingdom of Morocco
Royal Moroccan Armed Forces
Moroccan Royal Guard
Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Mohamed Medbouh†
Lt.-Col. M'hamed Ababou†
Col. Mohamed Ababou
Gen. Hamou Amahzoune
Gen. Khyari Bougrine
Gen. Abderrahman Habibi
Gen. Mustapha Amharech
Col. Larbi Chelouati
Col. Mohamed Fenniri
Lt.-Col. Mohamed Bouberri
Col. Ahmed Ammi
Col. Lakbir Belabsir
Maj. Brahim Manousi
Hassan II
Maj.-Gen. Mohamed Bachir El Bouhali [fr]†
Gen. Mohamed Oufkir
Col. Ahmed Dlimi
Ahmed Laraki
Gen. Driss Ben Omar El Alami [fr]
Gen. Mohamed Gharbaoui †
Gen. Driss N'Michi †
Col. Bouazza Boulhimez †
Col. Hassan Hammou
Casualties and losses
158 killed
1,081 captured
22 killed (20 soldiers, 2 policemen)
73 injured (66 soldiers, 4 gendarmes, 2 policemen, and 1 royal guard)
98 civilians killed
‹See Tfd›
≈ 59 civilians injured
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Hassan II of Morocco
Early life
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Death and funeral
Political offices
King of Morocco (1961-1999) Chief of the Defence Staff (1956–1999) Prime Minister of Morocco (1961) Crown Prince of Morocco (1929-1961)
Policies
Domestic policy
Moroccanization
Years of Lead
Hassan II Mosque
Foreign policy
Operation Yachin
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The 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, popularly known as the Skhirat coup d'état (Arabic: محاولة انقلاب الصخيرات, French: Coup d'état de Skhirat), was a failed effort by rebel military leaders to overthrow King Hassan II of Morocco on 10 July 1971, during his forty-second birthday party. The first of two attempted coups during Hassan's rule, it was organized by a rebel faction of the Royal Armed Forces led by Lieutenant-Colonel M'hamed Ababou and General Mohamed Medbouh.
The faction attacked the king's summer palace at Skhirat, and the Radio-Maroc headquarters and offices of the Ministry of Interior in Rabat. Hassan, his immediate family, and his aides escaped and hid in a bathroom near the palace swimming pool, and the rebels were killed or captured by members of the Royal Guard.
The coup attempt led to Hassan reforming the Royal Armed Forces, including installing Mohamed Oufkir as Minister of Defense. Oufkir was subsequently involved in the second coup attempt against the king in 1972.
^ abDoublet, Pierre (2 March 2006). "Le complot de Skhirat" (in French). L'Express. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^Lamlili, Nadia (11 August 2015). "Palais de Skhirat au Maroc : Hassan II, un roi miraculé" (in French). Jeune Afrique. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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