Mendoub

The Mendoub or Mandub (Arabic: مندوب, "delegate" or "representative") was a key official in the governance of the Tangier International Zone between 1925 and 1956, with a wartime interruption from 1940 to 1945.

The Mendoub represented the symbolic authority of the Sultan of Morocco in the International Zone even though its government was led by the separate Comité de Contrôle, which brought together the main foreign powers.

He was directly in charge of the affairs of the Muslim and Jewish communities which together formed the vast majority of Tangier's inhabitants.

The Mendoub's ceremonial office was installed in the former German consulate building, which had been confiscated after the First World War and used by the Naib from January 1920.

It was subsequently renovated on a design by OBMI/CCCRA Architects and integrated in a hotel development opened in November 2022 as Fairmont Tazi Palace Tangier.