Youns Bjijou, a professor of medicine who holds senior positions at two major healthcare foundations, has been appointed Minister of Health and Social Protection in the new government headed by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri.
King Mohammed VI appointed Bjijou on Friday, bringing the 55-year-old gynaecology and obstetrics specialist into government after a career spanning medical teaching, research and healthcare administration.
Bjijou has served as deputy director of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Science and Health since July 12, 2023. He was previously appointed deputy director of the Cheikh Khalifa Ibn Zayed Foundation on September 9, 2022.
Born in Taza on June 22, 1971, Bjijou is a senior professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Rabat, where he has held several academic and research posts.
These include head of the anatomy department, director of the anatomy teaching and research unit, and head of the experimental surgery and microsurgery laboratory.
He also served as vice-president for academic affairs at the Abulcassis International University of Health Sciences between September 2016 and September 2022.
Bjijou was among the founding members of the African Academy of Health Sciences and has served as its permanent secretary since November 2025.
He belongs to several medical associations, including the Royal Moroccan Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, the Moroccan Society of Breast Diseases, the French Society of Senology and Breast Pathology, and the French Society of Gynaecological and Pelvic Surgery.
A qualified medical doctor specializing in gynaecology and obstetrics, Bjijou also holds qualifications in medical education, leadership and health policy.
He earned an executive master’s degree in Health Management and Policy and a certificate in Leadership and Complex Management from Sciences Po Paris, as well as a university diploma in medical education from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Rabat.
Bjijou is married and has one child.
