Mahjoub Tobji

Mahjoub Tobji
Personal details
Born	1942 (age 73–74) Meknes, Morocco
Occupation	Retired Moroccan army commandant
Military service
Allegiance	Morocco
Service/branch	Royal Moroccan Army
Years of service	1960–2002
Rank	Commandant
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur war Western Sahara War

Mahjoub Tobji (Arabic: محجوب الطوبجي‎‎, born 1942 in Meknes) is a retired Commandant of the Royal Moroccan Army. He commanded a battalion of Sahrawi soldiers during the Western Sahara war and was the Aide-de-camp of General Ahmed Dlimi. Upon the death of the latter he was arbitrarily detained and was able escape prison and fled to France. He went back to Morocco after he succeeded in meeting Hassan II during his vacations in France at the Hotel Le Crillon.^[1]

In 2005, he wrote a book (French: Les Officiers de Sa Majesté) about the Moroccan army and its operations during deployments in the Yom Kippur war and Western Sahara. In this book he singled out General Housni Benslimane as the most powerful man in Morocco, responsible for his imprisonment and other exactions against Moroccan dissidents which were blamed on Driss Basri.^[2]

After the publication of his book, he faced some intimidations in his exile in France. His pension was abruptly stopped in late 2012, and was only re-established after he went on a hunger-strike.^[3]

References

1. Mahjoub Tobji (2006). Les Officiers de Sa Majesté.
2. Fahd Iraqi; Lahcen Aouad (N° 396). "Ahmed Dlimi. Pouvoir, luxure… et trahison ?". Telquel. Retrieved 31 January 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. Ghita Ismaili (23 May 2013). "France : Mahjoub Tobji, l'ancien militaire marocain, arrête sa grève de la faim". Yabiladi. Retrieved 31 January 2014.