Jalloul "Chico" Bouchikhi (; born 1954 in Arles) is a musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings. He later left the Gipsy Kings and founded Chico & the Gypsies. Early life Bouchikhi was born in Arles to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother. He was married to Marthe Reyes, the daughter of José Reyes, the father of the Reyes sons, members of the group Gipsy Kings. Personal life His brother, Ahmed Bouchiki, was assassinated by Mossad agents in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer in July 1973 in the Lillehammer affair. Bouchikhi, a waiter, had been mistaken for Ali Hassan Salameh. He is also UNESCO's special envoy for peace, and has held a major concert in Israel with his band. He has also played before Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords peace negotiations. In 2014 Bouchikhi visited Israel. When asked in an interview with The Independent about his decision to refuse to participate in a boycott of the country, he insisted that reconciliation was more important than holding grudges. Discography As part of the Gipsy Kings 1982: Allegria 1983: Luna de Fuego 1988: Gipsy Kings 1989: Mosaïque As part of Chico & the Gypsies Refer to discography section of Chico & the Gypsies See also Chico & the Gypsies Lillehammer affair Gipsy Kings References External links Artist home page Chico's History Gipsy Kings members 1954 births People from Arles Moroccan musicians Algerian musicians Moroccan people of Algerian descent French people of Moroccan descent French people of Algerian descent Living people French jazz guitarists French male guitarists French male jazz musicians Spanish male musicians