  abdellatif filali (; 26 january 1928 â 20 march 2009) was a moroccan politician and diplomat under king hassan ii.former pm abdellatif filali dies maghreb arabe presse, 20 march 2009 filali was known to have progressive views. ==early life== filali was born in beni mellal, morocco. ==career== filali served as the morocco's ambassador to several significant countries, including spain, algeria, the united kingdom and china. then he served as prime minister of morocco from 25 may 1994 to 4 february 1998. he also served as foreign minister of morocco from 1985 to 1999. in addition, he held the minister of state portfolio during his term as prime minister. he initiated tv broadcasts in the moroccan berber dialects. filali was replaced by abderrahmane youssoufi as prime minister in 1998. ==personal life== filali was married to a french woman, anne belghmi zwobada, putative daughter of jacques zwobada,royal ark with whom he had a daughter, yasmina, and a son, fuad filali; the ex-ceo of morocco's largest private company ona group and the former husband of lalla meryem, who is the daughter of 
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