He held several ministerial positions in the Moroccan government, including Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance from 1964 to 1965, as well as Ambassador to France from 1961 to 1964.
[1] He completed secondary school in Casablanca and obtained his law degree from the University of Bordeaux in France.
[1] He also received a diploma in geography and history from Hautes Études de Rabat.
During this time, Cherkaoui, Abderrahim Bouabid, Driss M'hammedi and Ahmed Réda Guédira led the Moroccan delegation which negotiated the kingdom's independence from France and Spain.
Mohamed Cherkaoui died in Rabat, Morocco on 31 December 2022, at the age of 101.