Khalid Aït Taleb ( ar, خالد آيت الطالب; born 1966 in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

) is a Moroccan medical professor and politician. He is currently the Minister of Health of Morocco.

Education

Taleb holds a

Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin language, Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a profes ...

from

Mohammed V University Mohammed V University (, french: Université Mohammed-V de Rabat), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree ( Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. History The uni ...

Professional career

Since 2009, Aït Taleb acted as the head of department of visceral surgery at the Hassan II University Hospital Center in

Fez Fez most often refers to: * Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire * Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco Fez or FEZ may also refer to: Media * ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...

, as well as its general director. In 2016, he was elected president of the Alliance des CHU du Maroc.

Political career

Prior to his appointment as Minister of Health, Aït Taleb briefly served as the Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, succeeding Hicham Nejmi, who was dismissed the previous month. As part of a government reshuffling, Aït Taleb was appointed as the Minister of Health on 9 October 2019. Aït Taleb has been recognized as among those managing the government's response to the

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. His management of the government's vaccination campaign, in particular concerning vaccine delivery, earned him criticism among the opposition and some of the media. He has also faced controversy linked to a fake Facebook page made in his name, which the Ministry of Health denied having any connection with.

Personal life

Aït Taleb is married and has two children.

References

{{Morocco-politician-stub 1966 births Moroccan surgeons Health ministers of Morocco Living people People from Agadir Mohammed V University alumni