Yasmina Baddou
MP of Casablanca
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 November 2002
Minister of Health
In office 19 September 2007 – 3 January 2012
Monarch	Mohammed VI
Prime Minister	Abbas El Fassi
Preceded by	Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah
Succeeded by	El Hossein El Ouardi
Secretary of State for Family, Solidarity and Social Action
In office 7 November 2002 – 19 September 2007
Prime Minister	Abbas El Fassi
Preceded by	Nazha Chekrouni (as Delegate-Minister for Women Conditions, Family and Children Protection)
Succeeded by	Nouzha Skalli (as Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity)
Personal details
Born	(1962-10-23) October 23, 1962 (age 61) Rabat, Morocco
Political party	Istiqlal party
Spouse	Ali Fassi Fihri
Children	Safia Zhor Oum Hani
Alma mater	University of Mohammad V
Occupation	Politician, lawyer

Yasmina Baddou (Arabic: ياسمينة بادو – born 23 October 1962, Rabat) is a Moroccan politician of the Istiqlal party. Between 2007 and 2012, she held the position of Minister of Health in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi, and she was Secretary of State for Family Affairs in the cabinet Driss Jettou.^[1][2][3]

Yasmina Baddou studied at the "Mission laïque française" (Lycée Descartes of Rabat) and has a master's degree in law from the Mohammed V University of Rabat, she worked as a lawyer before becoming active in politics.^[2]

Family

She is the daughter of Aicha Bennani and Abderrahmane Baddou, a Moroccan diplomat, politician and ex-ambassador and is married to Ali Fassi Fihri, brother of Taieb Fassi Fihri the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco.^[2]

Her maternal aunt Aziza Bennani was Secretary of State for Culture in the cabinet of Abdellatif Filali and is the current representative of Morocco at the UNESCO.

Her cousin Ali Baddou, is co-host of Le Grand Journal, a daily talk show of French television channel Canal+.