Taieb Fassi Fihri
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{{BLP sources|date=November 2022}}
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| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| term_start2 = 15 October 2007
| term_end2 = 3 January 2012
| monarch2 = Mohammed VI
| primeminister2 = Abbas el Fassi
| predecessor2 = Mohamed Benaissa
| successor2 = Saadeddine Othmani
| office3 = Minister delegate of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
| term_start3 = 25 November 1999
| term_end3 = 15 October 2007
| monarch3 = Mohammed VI
| primeminister3 = Abderrahmane Youssoufi
Driss Jettou
| office4 = Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
| term_start4 = 11 November 1993
| term_end4 = March 1998
| monarch4 = Hassan II
| primeminister4 = Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Abdellatif Filali
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
| party = Independent
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| birth_place = Casablanca, Morocco
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Taieb Fassi Fihri (born 9 April 1958) is a Moroccan politician who is Counsellor to His Majesty King Mohammed VI since 2012. He successively held the positions of Secretary of State, Minister Delegate, and Minister of Foreign Affairs in various governments between 1993 and 2012.{{cite news|agency=Maghreb Arabe Presse|title=Taieb Fassi Fihri, conseiller du Souverain|url=http://www.maghress.com/fr/lematin/160840|access-date=26 March 2012|newspaper=Le Matin|date=3 January 2012|language=fr}}{{cite news|agency=Maghreb Arabe Presse|title=Taieb Fassi Fihri représente S.M. le Roi|url=http://www.maghress.com/fr/lematin/118124|access-date=26 March 2012|newspaper=Le Matin|date=16 August 2009|language=fr}}
Education and career
Fassi-Fihri graduated from the Descartes High School in Rabat with a French Baccalaureate in mathematics in June 1976. In 1980, he received the title of Application Engineer in Statistics at the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (INSEA) in Rabat. In 1981, he obtained a Master's degree in "Public Economics and Planning" from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Then, in 1984, he obtained a Ph.D. in Economic Analysis and Policy at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po).
Taïeb Fassi-Fihri became in June 1986 head of the division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in charge of relations with the European Community. In this capacity, he took part in the negotiations on relations between Morocco and the EEC.
In November 1989, he became director of the cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
On 11 November 1993, Fassi-Fihri was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; he retained this role in successive governments in June 1994, February 1995 and August 1997. He was also appointed chargé de mission at the Royal Cabinet on 16 March 1998.
On 25 November 1999, Fassi-Fihri was appointed minister delegate of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.{{cite news|last=Jouhari|first=Noureddine|title=Nomination de Taieb Fassi Fihri secrétaire d'Etat aux Affaires étrangères|url=http://www.maghress.com/fr/marochebdo/39516|access-date=26 March 2012|newspaper=MarocHebdo|date=26 November 1999|language=fr}}
On 4 July 2002, Fassi-Fihri was appointed the coordinator, responsible and sole interlocutor of the US authorities for the negotiation of the Morocco–United States Free Trade Agreement.
On 7 November 2002, he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
On 15 October 2007, he was designated Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation under the new government of Abbas El Fassi.
On 2 January 2012, he was appointed Counsellor to His Majesty King Mohammed VI at the Royal Cabinet.
Personal life
Fassi Fihri's brother, Ali Fassi Fihri, was the president of the Moroccan FA and CEO of the National Company of Electricity and Water. Taieb Fassi Fihri is also the cousin of former Prime Minister Abbas el Fassi.
Taieb Fassi Fihri is married to painter Fathiya Tahiri. Their son, {{Ill|Brahim Fassi Fihri|fr}}, is founder and president of the Amadeus Institute think tank.
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Category:Politicians from Casablanca
Category:Advisors of Mohammed VI of Morocco
Category:Alumni of Lycée Descartes (Rabat)
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