Sharif Moulay Youssef Alaoui (born c. 1969 in Rabat) is a maternal first cousin and a paternal second cousin of Mohammed VI. He is reportedly a close friend of king Mohammed VI who appointed him as an advisor and regularly appears beside the monarch in official visits, most recently in Tunisia in June 2014.
Sharif Moulay Youssef Alaoui is also an important business man in the country active in the hospitality, Tourism and real-estate sectors, sometimes in association with Prince Moulay Rachid. He owns the holding Blue Invest, that controlled the "Tahiti Beach Club" in Casablanca
Family
He is the youngest son of Prince Moulay Ali and Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra and the brother of Sharif Moulay Abdallah Alaoui and Sharifa Lalla Joumala Alaoui. He studied at the Collège royal in Rabat in the same class as Prince Moulay Rachid.