Rabat – HM King Mohammed VI has appointed Taib Fassi Fihri as his advisor in the Royal Cabinet, the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery announced on Monday in a statement.
The statement said the appointment came in view of the experience Taib Fassi Fihri, outgoing Foreign Minister, has accumulated in discharging the missions entrusted to him and his abnegation in fulfilling them.
In 1980, Fassi Fihri , who was born on 9 April 1958 in Casablanca, obtained a diploma in statistcs application from the Institut national de la statistique et d’économie appliquée (INSEA) of Rabat.
A year later, he obtained a master’s degree in public economics and planning from the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris. In 1984, he obtained PhD in economic analysis and policy from the Institut d’études politiques in Paris.
Fassi Fihri had held several posts in the ministry of foreign affairs and cooperation, before he was appointed as secretary of state for foreign affairs in November 1999.
He was appointed in charge of a mission in the Royal Cabinet in 1998.
In November 2002, he was appointed by HM King Mohammed VI minister delegate to the minister of foreign affairs and cooperation. In 2007, he became minister of foreign affairs and cooperation.
