In 1969, he was received as an Internat des Hôpitaux in UFR Bobigny at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord.
After that, he received an Agrégation in pediatric surgery in 1975 at Paris Descartes University's faculté de médecine Cochin Port-Royal.
In 1978, he was appointed as professor of pediatric surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of Casablanca, a post he held until 1998.
[1] On 11 August 1992, he was nominated by Hassan II as Minister of Public Health, a post he held until 31 January 1995.
On 8 June 2004, he was appointed by Mohammed VI as Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity, a post he held until 2006.