| Embassy of Morocco, Washington, D.C. | |
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| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Address | 3508 International Drive NW Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°54′40″N77°2′47″W / 38.91111°N 77.04639°W /38.91111; -77.04639 |
| Ambassador | Youssef Amrani |
| Website | http://us.diplomatie.ma/ |
TheEmbassy of Morocco in Washington, D.C. is theKingdom of Morocco'sdiplomatic mission to the United States. The embassy is located at 3508 International Drive NW in theNorth Cleveland Park neighborhood, and the Consular Section is located at 1601 21st Street NW in theDupont Circle neighborhood.
The embassy operates aConsulate-General inMiami and inNew York City.[1][2]
The current ambassador isYoussef Amrani.[3]
The former chancery was built in 1889 in theRomanesque Revival style. It is acontributing property to theDupont Circle Historic District. Previous occupants include: attorney George William McLanahan(son of RepresentativeJames Xavier McLanahan; member of theCosmos Club); RepresentativeJacob Sloat Fassett; Assistant Secretary of the NavyTheodore Roosevelt, Jr.(son of PresidentTheodore Roosevelt); Lieutenant Colonel Jerome van de Erve; RepresentativeAndrew James Peters; SenatorDwight Morrow; attorney James F. Duggan(counsel to theNational Labor Relations Board); educator Cline M. Koon; attorney Katherine Boardman Fite(assistant to Supreme Court JusticeRobert H. Jackson during his role as chief U.S. prosecutor at theNuremberg Trials); and hydrologist Thomas S. Southwick.
| Name | Portrait | Nomination | Term end | President | Notes |
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September 5, 1956:Embassy opened[4] | |||||
| Mehdi Benaboud | August 29, 1956 | December 31, 1961 | Mohammed V | First resident ambassador. | |
| Hassan II | |||||
| Ali Benjelloun |  | January 30, 1962 | September 1, 1965 | ||
| Ahmed Laraki |  | September 1, 1965 | April 20, 1967 | ||
| Ahmed Osman | .jpg) | April 20, 1967 | July 2, 1971 | ||
| Abdessadek El Glaoui | July 2, 1971 | September 27, 1971 | |||
| Badreddine Senoussi | September 27, 1971 | December 3, 1974 | |||
| Abdelhadi Boutaleb | December 3, 1974 | May 17, 1977 | |||
| Ali Benjelloun | May 17, 1977 | July 25, 1984 | |||
| Maati Jorio | July 25, 1984 | October 13, 1986 | |||
| M'hammed Barghach | October 13, 1986 | May 1, 1989 | |||
| Ali Benjelloun | May 1, 1989 | September 18, 1990 | |||
| Mohammed Belkhyat Zougari | September 18, 1990 | May 3, 1993 | |||
| Mohamed Benaissa | .jpg) | May 3, 1993 | May 8, 1999 | ||
| Abdellah El Maaroufi | April 19, 2000 | April 9, 2002 | Mohammed VI | ||
| Aziz Mekouar |  | June 19, 2002 | September 16, 2011 | ||
| Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal | December 6, 2011 | September 15, 2016 | |||
| Joumala Alaoui | .jpg) | September 15, 2016 | October 19, 2023 | ||
| Youssef Amrani | .jpg) | October 19, 2023 | Incumbent | ||
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