Director of the DGSN Direction Générale de Sûreté Nationale
In office July 2003[1] – September 2006
Preceded by
Hafid Benhachem
Succeeded by
Charki Draiss
Personal details
Born
1939 (1939) Meknes, French Morocco
Died
(aged 84)
Military service
Allegiance
Morocco
Branch/service
Royal Gendarmerie
Years of service
1959–2023
Rank
General
Commands
Commander-in-Chief of the Auxiliary Forces
Battles/wars
Shaba I
Hamidou Laanigri (1939 – 10 September 2023) was a Moroccan general who served as head of the intelligence service of the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior. Laanigri was often accused of acts of torture in relation to the detention of Islamist activists after the 2003 Casablanca bombings and in connection with the secret Temara interrogation centre.[3]
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