Leon Benzaquen was a Moroccan doctor who became the personal doctor for King Mohammed V of Morocco, and the first Moroccan Jewish minister after Morocco gained independence in 1956, in its first independent government.
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Leon Benzaquen was a Moroccan doctor who became the personal doctor for King Mohammed V of Morocco, and the first Moroccan Jewish minister after Morocco gained independence in 1956, in its first independent government. He was first appointed as telegraph and communications minister and later minister of health, a post Benzaquen kept until 1958.
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 1977 · aged 49
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