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Robert Assaraf

Moroccan historian and writer

Robert Assaraf (Arabic: روبرت الصراف) (5 November 1936 in Rabat – 5 March 2018 in Ramat HaSharon) was a Moroccan Jewish historian and writer. He resided between Paris, France and Marrakesh, Morocco.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Robert Assaraf (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Nov 5, 1936, died Mar 5, 2018.¹

Companies

ONA GroupBoard member¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedParis Law Faculty³
Date not recordedLycée Descartes³
Date not recordedMohammed V University³

Career

Occupation: businessperson, essayist, writer, business executive.⁶

1999 to 2006Président-directeur général, L'Événement du jeudi⁴
1993 to 1994Président-directeur général, OPTORG⁴
Date not recordedDirector general, board member, ONA Group⁴
Date not recordedPresident, Radio Shalom Paris⁴
Date not recordedFounded Marianne⁵

Assaraf began his career in the cabinet of the Ministry of the Interior of Morocco. He then joined the ONA Group, where he became the General Director and Delegate Administrator, until his retirement in 1990. In 1996 he established the Centre International de Recherche sur les Juifs du Maroc and co-founded l’Union mondiale du judaïsme marocain in 1999. He was the President of the Worldwide Moroccan Jewish Union.

Assaraf was also the president of Radio Shalom and was the vice-president of the French magazine Marianne, until 2005 when he sold his shares to Yves de Chaisemartin.

In his lifetime, Assaraf published a number of books the Jewish population of Morocco and the contemporary politics of Israel. A historical survey of the Jewish population in Morocco was published in 2005. In September 2008 he published a survey of the emigration and the Diaspora of the Moroccan Jews.

Towards the end of his life Assaraf relocated to Ramat HaSharon in Israel, where he died on 5 March 2018.

From Wikipedia’s article on Robert Assaraf (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

BornNov 5, 1936, Rabat⁷
DiedMar 5, 2018, Paris⁸
CitizenshipMorocco⁹

Awards

Date not recordedCommander of the Order of the Throne¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataRobert Assaraf on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Assaraf: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Assaraf: Director general, board member, ONA Group, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Assaraf: Founded Marianne, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Assaraf: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Assaraf: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Assaraf: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Assaraf: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataONA Group, Board member
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Wikimedia CommonsRobert Assaraf photo by דוידמנשה, CC BY-SA 4.0