Facts:   - successor: mohamed ouzzine    - party: istiqlal party    - predecessor: taieb fassi fihri -lrb- as delegate minister -rrb-    - office: secretary of state for foreign affairs      - term end: 22 december 2008    - term start: 8 october 2007    - birth date: 1953    - name: ahmed lakhrif    - citizenship: moroccan spanish    - birth place: smara    - religion: sunni islam    - occupation: politician   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ahmed lakhrif .
ahmed lakhrif -lrb- -- 1954 , smara -rrb- is a moroccan politician of the istiqlal party .between 2007 and 2008 , he held the position of secretary of state for foreign affairs in the cabinet of abbas el fassi .he was dismissed from this office on 22 december 2008 when he acquired the spanish citizenship .he is a member of the corcas -lrb- royal advisory council for saharan affairs -rrb- .