Khalid Aït Taleb

Khalid Aït Taleb (خالد آيت الطالب; born 1966 in Rabat) is a Moroccan medical professor and politician serving as Minister of Health of Morocco.

Education
Taleb holds a Doctor of Medicine from Mohammed V University.

Professional career
Since 2009, Aït Taleb acted as the head of department of visceral surgery at the Hassan II University Hospital Center in Fez, 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. He became notable for his management of the government's response to 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. Another controversy was a fake Facebook page using his name, which the Ministry of Health denied having any connection with.

Aït Taleb was reappointed by King Mohammed VI on 14 October 2021, a week after the entry into office of the government of Aziz Akhannouch, after his predecessor Nabila Rmili resigned to focus on her mayorship in Casablanca.

Personal life
Aït Taleb is married and has two children.