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The Embassy of Morocco in Vienna |
Contact
Address
Hasenauerstrasse 57, 1180 Wien
Phone Number
(+43 / 1) 586 66 51
E-Mail
morocco.vienna@maec.gov.ma
The Ambassador
H.E. Azzeddine Farhane
Amb. Zohour Alaoui was born on 14th January 1965, and is married with two children. She was appointed as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the Federal Republic of Germany on 11th September 2019.
Alaoui is a graduate of a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Georgetown University Washington D.C. and has a Bachelor of Public Law (Political Science Option) from the Mohammed V University, Rabat.
She started out her career as secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Washington, D.C. between 1987 and 1992. Until 1995, she worked as Office Manager to the Minister of Culture, then until 1997 as Head of the Department for Political Governmental Organisations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Alaoui was the Head of the UN General Assembly and Security Council Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation between 1997 and 1999, Head of the United Nations Sub-Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (1999-2003), and Director of the Department of United Nations and International Organisations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2003-2006).
She served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King in Sweden and Non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia between 2006 and 2011, and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to UNESCO until 2019.
History
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Vienna represents Morocco’s diplomatic interests in Austria and serves as its Permanent Mission to several international organisations headquartered in Vienna. While publicly available institutional sources do not provide a detailed historical account of the establishment or early development of the embassy, the mission plays an important role in strengthening political, economic, cultural and multilateral cooperation between Morocco and Austria.
Austria and Morocco maintain friendly and long-standing bilateral relations, officially established in 1783 through a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Sultanate of Morocco. Today, cooperation extends across political dialogue, trade, investment, renewable energy, tourism, migration, cultural exchange and multilateral affairs. Austria and Morocco also cooperate closely within international organisations, particularly in Vienna, where Morocco participates actively in forums related to nuclear energy, industrial development, security and international cooperation. The relationship has been reinforced through regular diplomatic Contacts and shared interests in areas such as sustainable development, regional stability and dialogue between Europe and Africa.
