Abdellatif Miraoui | |
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Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation | |
Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
Monarch | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
Prime Minister | Aziz Akhannouch |
Preceded by | Saaïd Amzazi |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 January 1962 |
Alma mater | University of Franche-Comté (PhD) |
Abdellatif Miraoui (born 13 January 1962) is the Moroccan Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation.[1] He was appointed as minister on 7 October 2021.[2]
Miraoui holds a PhD in Engineering Sciences (1992) from the University of Franche-Comté.[2]
He achieved his habilitation in 1999.[3]
In 1986, Miraoui worked as an engineer for Alsthom and in 1988, he was a consulting engineer at Paduch in France. Between 1993 and 1995, he was a lecturer at Dijon University and from 1995 until 1999 at the University of Franche-Comté.[3]
In September 2000, he was appointed professor at Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM).[3] In addition, he served as the head of the Department of Energy and Information Technology at the UTBM.[1]
Between 2008 and 2011, he was Vice-President of Research at the UTBM.[3]
From 2011 until 2019, he served as the President of Cadi-Ayyad University in Marrakech.[4] In addition, he was President of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie between 2013 and 2017.[4]
In December 2020, he was appointed Director of the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes (INSA Rennes).[1][4]
He resigned on 8 October 2021, after the 2021 Moroccan general elections.[5]
Since 7 October 2021, Miraoui has been the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation.[4]