returned to Spain after King Hassan II named him ambassador 'as a gesture of goodwill towards the Spanish State'. He lived quietly at the Moroccan Embassy in Madrid until 1970, when he returned to Morocco having been named Minister of State. In November that year, he was promoted to the rank of field Marshal. He held the post of minister of State of the Moroccan government until March 1975, when he fell gravely ill and was flown to Madrid to be treated. He died at the Air Force Hospital in Madrid in May that year, and his remains were later flown back to Morocco for burial in his home country. Museum In 2006 a museum was opened in Rabat dedicated to Mohamed Meziane. It is located in a house near the British Embassy that had been given to him as a present by Franco. The museum project was an initiative from his daughter Leïla Mezian. The architect who was in charge of the project is a well-known architect from Casablanca, Mohamed Lamnaouar. See also Regulares White Terror (Spain) References 1897 births 1975 deaths Francoist Spain Moroccan military personnel Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (National faction) Moroccan anti-communists Spanish anti-communists People from Nador Moroccan Muslims Spanish Muslims Government ministers of Morocco Ambassadors of Morocco to Spain Moroccan generals Spanish generals Francoists Riffian people