Khalid Aït Taleb

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Khalid Aït Taleb
خالد آيت الطالب
Minister of Health of Morocco
In office
14 October 2021 – 23 October 2024
MonarchMohammed VI
Prime MinisterAziz Akhannouch
Preceded byNabila Rmili
Succeeded byAmine Tahraoui
In office
9 October 2019 – 7 October 2021
MonarchMohammed VI
Prime MinisterSaadeddine Othmani
Preceded byAnas Doukkali
Succeeded byNabila Rmili
Personal details
Born1966 (age 58–59)
Rabat, Morocco
Political partyIndependent
Alma materMohammed V University (M.D.)
OccupationSurgeon, professor

Khalid Aït Taleb (Arabic: خالد آيت الطالب; born 1966 in Rabat) is a Moroccan medical professor who served as Minister of Health from 2019 to 2024, except for a brief week-long interruption in October 2021. Taleb holds a Doctor of Medicine from Mohammed V University.[1]

Professional career

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Aït Taleb had acted as the head of department of visceral surgery at the Hassan II University Hospital Center in Fez, as well as its general director, since 2009 at the time of being appointed as minister of health.[2][3] In 2016, he was elected president of the Alliance des CHU du Maroc.[4]

Political career

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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.[3]

As part of a government reshuffling, Aït Taleb was appointed minister of health by King Mohammed VI on 9 October 2019.[5] He was described as a technocrat due to his previous medical career.[6][7] Taleb's tenure coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. His management of the government's vaccination campaign, in particular concerning vaccine delivery, earned him criticism among the opposition and some of the media.[8][9] Another controversy was a fake Facebook page using his name, which the Ministry of Health denied having any connection with.[10]

Aït Taleb was reappointed by Mohammed VI on 14 October 2021, a week after the government of Aziz Akhannouch assumed office, after his predecessor Nabila Rmili resigned to focus on her mayoral career in Casablanca.[11] On 23 October 2024, he was replaced by Amine Tahraoui.[12]

Personal life

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Aït Taleb is married and has two children.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bibliographie". sante.gov.ma. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Maroc : 10 choses à savoir sur Khalid Aït Taleb, ministre de la Santé – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 12 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Hekking, Morgan (10 October 2019). "Who is the New Minister of Health Khalid Ait Taleb?". Morocco World News. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Khalid Ait Taleb, chirurgien, est le nouveau ministre de la santé du Maroc - HOSPIHUB". www.hospihub.com (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ Kasraoui, Safaa (9 October 2019). "Reshuffle: King Mohammed VI Receives New Members of Government". Morocco World News. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Qui est Khalid Ait Taleb, ce ponte en médecine nommé ministre de la Santé?". Le 360 Français (in French). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2025. Il s'agit d'un technocrate, qui était en charge de la direction du CHU Hassan II de Fès, depuis son ouverture en 2009.
  7. ^ "Voici les CV des nouveaux ministres nommés au Maroc". LeSiteinfo.com (in French). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2025. Ce technocrate âgé de 55 ans est chirurgien de profession.
  8. ^ "Campagne de vaccination : À quand la fin de la politique de l'autruche de Khalid Ait Taleb ?". Hespress (in French). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Retard dans la vaccination : L'USFP veut la comparution d'Aït Taleb au Parlement". Yabiladi (in French). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Le ministère de la Santé réagit à une fausse page Facebook de Khalid Aït Taleb". H24info (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Communiqué du Cabinet Royal". Maghreb Arabe Presse. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  12. ^ "King Mohammed VI Receives New Ministers as Part of Government Reshuffle". Morocco World News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.


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