Ryad Mezzour (born 1971) is the Moroccan Minister of Industry and

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. He was appointed as minister on 7 October 2021.

Education

Mezzour received his baccalaureate (1989) from the

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. He holds a Bachelor in

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(1996) and a Master in

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(2000) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Career

From 1996 until 1998, Mezzour worked at

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in Switzerland as a research and development engineer. After finishing his master’s degree, he worked as a financial services consultant for

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from 2000 until 2003. In 2003, he returned to Morocco and was the general manager of

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. Between 2006 and 2009, Mezzour held several management positions at

SOMED SOMED (french: Société Maroco-Emiratie de Développement) is a Conglomerate (company), conglomerate company based in Morocco. Its active in a range of sectors such as mining, construction material dealership, tourism, real estate development, food ...

. He was appointed General Manager of Suzuki Morocco in 2009. From 2013 until 2019, Mazzoud served as director of the cabinet of the president for the Moroccan Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE). In 2019, he was appointed chief of cabinet of the Ministry of Industry, Trade, Green and Digital Eonomy. Since 7 October 2021, Mezzour has been Morocco’s Minister of Industry and Trade.

References

1971 births 21st-century Moroccan politicians ETH Zurich alumni Government ministers of Morocco Living people Moroccan politicians {{Morocco-politician-stub