page_title: Muhammad al-Muqri
section_title: Algeciras Conference
hierarchical_section_title: Muhammad al-Muqri / Career / Algeciras Conference
caption_attribution_description: العربية: محمد المقري وشاغلز اميل موانيي والسلطان عبد الحفيظ بن الحسن وسي قدور بن غبريط، 8 أغسطس 1912.Français&#160;: Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit et le sultan Moufay Hafid, vers 1912.English: Muhammad al-Muqri, Charles Émile Moinier, Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, and Si Kaddour Benghabrit, 8 August 1912.
context_page_description: Haj Muhammad Ben Abdessalam al-Muqri was a senior Moroccan official of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was an adviser and grand vizier to several sultans of Morocco, including under French colonial domination.
context_section_description: At that time, Al Muqri was the country's representative to the 1906 Algeciras Conference at which Germany's demand for a say in Moroccan affairs was rejected in favor of France and Spain. In recognition of his efforts to resolve the Moroccan Crisis leading up to the international conference, Abd al-Aziz appointed al-Muqri as his Minister of Finance and in 1908, his Sadr A'atham (صدر أعظم) or Grand Vizier, a post he would hold on and off under each of the succeeding sultans until 1955. 
  In 1909, the new sultan Abd Al-Hafid restored him to the post of Minister of Finance but promoted him to Grand Vizier in 1911. Al-Muqri resigned the post two years later, but was reappointed to it by Sultan Yusef, and was kept in the position by his successor, Sultan Muhammad ben Youssef, when he ascended the throne in 1927.
  In 1953, when Muhammad ben Youssef was deposed by the French for nationalist agitation and replaced by his uncle, the French puppet monarch Muhammad Ben Arafa, the colonial authorities decided to keep al-Muqri in his position. Once independence was promised, Ben Arafa abdicated, and al-Muqri was chosen by colonial authorities to head the Regency, among other dignitaries such as Pacha Fatmi Benslimane, until the exiled Sultan Muhammad could return to the country and assume the throne.
caption: Muhammad al-Muqri, Charles Émile Moinier, Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, and Abdelqader Benghabrit, 8 August 1912.
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