Abdellatif Miraoui
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]
Abdellatif Miraoui | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
| Monarch | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
| Prime Minister | Aziz Akhannouch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1962 |
| Alma mater | University of Franche-Comté (PhD) |
Education
Miraoui holds a PhD in Engineering Sciences (1992) from the University of Franche-Comté.[2]
He achieved his habilitation in 1999.[3]
Career
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]
Honors and awards
- Evaluator of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education at the Romanian Ministry of Higher Education and Research in 2006[6]
- Expert at AERES (Agence de l’Evaluation de la Recherche et l’Enseignement Supérieur)[6]
- Honorary Professor from the Transilvania University of Brasov in 2004[6]
- Doctor Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in 2005[6]
- Honorary Professor by the Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2015[7][8]
- Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Pitesti in 2016[7]
- Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine in 2018[9]
- Member of the Moroccan Special Commission on the Development Model in 2019[10]
References
- "Abdellatif Miraoui Becomes Morocco's Minister of Higher Education". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- "نبذة عن السيرة الذاتية للسيد الوزير" (in Arabic). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- "Repères biographiques d'Abdellatif MIRAOUI" (PDF). Université Cadi Ayyad (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- "Biographie de Monsieur le Ministre". 192.168.50.152. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
- "ABDELLATIF MIRAOUI, NOMMÉ MINISTRE DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPÉRIEUR, DE LA RECHERCHE ET DE L'INNOVATION DU MAROC" (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- "Repères biographiques d'Abdellatif MIRAOUI" (PDF). Université Cadi Ayyad (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- Senhaji, Mounia. "Un nouveau titre de Docteur honoris causa pour Abdellatif Miraoui". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- "Maroc: Le Pr. Abdellatif Miraoui nommé Professeur honoris causa en Chine". allAfrica (in French). 30 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- "Le Professeur Abdellatif Miraoui, Président de l'UCA et Président honoraire de l'AUF se voit décerné le titre de Docteur « HONORIS CAUSA » par l'Université des Sciences Agronomiques et de Médecine Vétérinaire de Bucarest en Roumanie". Université Cadi Ayyad (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- "Biographie de Monsieur le Ministre". 192.168.50.152. Retrieved 2023-09-05.