Abdellatif Miraoui (born 13 January 1962) is the Moroccan Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation. He was appointed as minister on 7 October 2021.

Education

Miraoui holds a PhD in Engineering Sciences (1992) from the

University of Franche-Comté The University of Franche-Comté (UFC) is a pluridisciplinary public French university located in Besançon, Franche-Comté, with decentralized campuses in Belfort, Montbéliard, Vesoul and Lons-le-Saunier. It is a founding member of the comm ...

. He achieved his habilitation in 1999.

Career

In 1986, Miraoui worked as an engineer for

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and in 1988, he was a consulting engineer at Paduch in

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. Between 1993 and 1995, he was a lecturer at Dijon University and from 1995 until 1999 at the

. In September 2000, he was appointed professor at

Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard The University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) is a Grande École university. of engineering located in Belfort, Sevenans and Montbéliard, France. The University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard is part of the network of th ...

(UTBM). In addition, he served as the head of the Department of Energy and Information Technology at the UTBM. Between 2008 and 2011, he was Vice-President of Research at the UTBM. From 2011 until 2019, he served as the President of Cadi-Ayyad University in Marrakech. In addition, he was President of the

Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie The ''Agence universitaire de la Francophonie'' (AUF; en, Association of Francophone Universities) is a global network of French-speaking higher-education and research institutions. Founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1961, as the ''Asso ...

between 2013 and 2017. In December 2020, he was appointed Director of the

Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes or INSA Rennes is a ''Grande École d'Ingénieurs'', a School of Engineering, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research. It is located on the Beaulieu campus in ...

(INSA Rennes). He resigned on 8 October 2021, after the 2021 Moroccan general elections. Since 7 October 2021, Miraoui has been the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation.

References

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