Bouchaib Arroub
Bouchaib Arroub بوشعيب عروب | |
|---|---|
| Inspector General of the Armed Forces and commander of the southern zone | |
| In office 13 June 2014 – January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Abdelaziz Bennani |
| Succeeded by | Abdelfattah Lourak (as Inspector General of the Armed Forces) Belkhir El Farouk (as Commander of the Southern Zone) |
| Commander of the third bureau | |
| In office 1988 – 18 January 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1936 (age 88–89) Arbaa Lgfaf, Commune of Lagfaf, Khouribga Province |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Morocco |
| Branch/service | Royal Moroccan Army |
| Years of service | 1950s–present |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Inspector-General of the Armed Forces Commander of the southern zone |
Bouchaib Arroub (Arabic: بوشعيب عروب; born c. 1936) is a Moroccan army general. He held the position of the Inspector General of the Moroccan army between 13 June 2014 and January 2017.
On 13 June 2014 Arroub was appointed by king Mohammed VI into this position after the sudden death of General Abdelaziz Bennani. In June 2014, reports had revealed that Bennani was in poor health and that he was following treatment in France. Arroub was also the commander of the military operations (the third bureau), a position he held for a long time since the days of Hassan II (1988), after he was brought back by the monarch into important positions, since he was a member of Oufkir's cabinet as a junior officer at the time of the attempted coups of 1972 and 1971.