Mohamed Meziane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mohamed Meziane

Moroccan general

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1897

Place of Birth: Beni Ansar / Aït Nsar, Morocco

Date of Death: 01-May-1975

Profession: military personnel, diplomat

Nationality: Spain, Morocco

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mohammed ben Mizzian (1 February 1897 – 1 May 1975) was a Moroccan general from Beni Ensar.
He was one of the sons of local Moroccan leader Mohammed Ameziane, also known in Spanish as El Mizzian, and was the only Moroccan to ever become a general in Spain.During the Spanish Civil War he commanded a section of the Regulares Indígenas troops, who formed the shock troops of the Nationalist Army.
Their fierceness in combat made them highly feared among Spanish Republican Army ranks.
After holding many high military posts in Francoist Spain Mizzian reached the rank of Lieutenant General of the Spanish Army. Summoned by King Mohammed V, in 1957 he moved to Morocco following the independence of the country.
In 1970, he was made a Field marshal and is the only person to have ever held that title in the Moroccan Army.