HM King Mohammed VI was born on Wednesday August 21, 1963 (1st Rabi II 1383 AH) in Rabat. At the age of four, late HM Hassan II enrolled him in the Koranic school at the Royal Palace.

On June 28, 1973, HM King Mohammed VI successfully obtained the primary school certificate and continued his secondary studies at the Royal College, where he obtained his baccalaureate in 1981.

In 1985, HM King Mohammed VI obtained his law degree from the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences in Rabat. The subject of his dissertation was "The Arab-African Union and the Kingdom of Morocco's international relations strategy".

In 1987, he obtained his first Certificate of Advanced Studies (C.E.S.) in political science with honors.

In July 1988, His Majesty King Mohammed VI was awarded a doctorate in public law with honors.

To complete his training and gain first-hand experience of the principles and rules of law he had learned at university, he spent several months in Brussels in November 1988, working directly with Jacques Delors, then president of the Commission of the European Communities.

On October 29, 1993, he was awarded a Doctorate in Law from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, with honors and congratulations from the jury, for his doctoral thesis on "EEC-Maghreb cooperation".

On December 22, 1979, HM King Mohammed VI was appointed Honorary President of the Socio-Cultural Association of the Mediterranean Basin.

On March 18, 1982, the late HM Hassan II appointed him Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the IX Mediterranean Games in Casablanca.

On April 11, 1985, HM King Mohammed VI was appointed by the late HM Hassan II, Coordinator of the Offices and Services of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, a task worthy of a prince who has successfully carried out the various responsibilities and missions entrusted to him.

On July 12, 1994, HM King Mohammed VI was promoted to the rank of Major General.

Since 1996, president of the Royal Moroccan Saddle Horse Association (ARMCS) and honorary president of the "TAFILELT" association. The Sovereign has been president of the "Rabat Oudayas Surf Club" (OSCR) since 1999.

Experienced in heavy tasks from a young age, HM King Mohammed VI, then Crown Prince, was often entrusted by his late father with numerous missions at national, Arab, Islamic, African and international levels, with brotherly and friendly Heads of State. He took part in several international and regional conferences.

His first official mission abroad dates back to April 6, 1974, when he represented the late HM Hassan II at the Religious Office celebrated at "Notre Dame de Paris" cathedral in memory of French president Georges Pompidou.

Becoming King of Morocco on July 23, 1999, following the death of HM Hassan II. The ceremony for the presentation of allegiance took place in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace in Rabat.

On July 30, 1999, His Majesty King Mohammed VI issued instructions for the Throne Day to be celebrated on July 30 each year, and addressed His first throne speech to the nation, in which the sovereign pledged to continue the work of his father, the late HM Hassan II, and to give particular priority to solving certain social problems.

HM King Mohammed VI is Supreme Commander and Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR).

His first foreign trip since his enthronement was from December 25 to 28, 1999, when HM King Mohammed VI visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Tunisia.

On July 12, 2002, marriage of HM King Mohammed VI to HRH Princess Lalla Salma.

On May 8, 2003, the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery announced the happy news of the birth of HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, whom the Sovereign has decided to name after his August Grandfather, the late His Majesty Hassan II, may God rest his soul.