The Chancellor

Appointed by His Majesty the King, the Chancellor chairs the strategic bodies of UEMF and ensures the continuity of its Mediterranean, African, and academic mission.

The Chancellor

Mr. Mohamed Kabbaj

Chancellor

The Chancellor’s term is four years and renewable by the Board of Directors. In the event of death, inability to exercise functions, or when the Board of Orientation, Supervision, and Development decides to appoint a new Chancellor, this proposal must be submitted for the approval of His Majesty The King, Honorary President of Euromed University of Fes.

The Chancellor has the following responsibilities:

chair the meetings of the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assembly and of the Board of Orientation, Supervision, and Development;

convene the general assembly and the BOSD and set the agendas for their meetings on the proposal of the University President.

Education :

Engineer, graduate of the École Polytechnique in Paris and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in 1969.

Holder of a Diploma of Advanced Studies in econometrics from the Sorbonne, Paris.

Responsibilities assumed

1969-1972

Director of the public works delegation in Tetouan, northern Morocco

1972-1973

Chief engineer, Northern district of the Department of Public Works

1973-1980

Director of roads and traffic on national roads at the Ministry of Public Works

1981-1984

Minister of Equipment

1985-1991

Minister of Equipment, Vocational Training and Executive Training

1992-1993

Minister of Public Works, Vocational Training and Executive Training

1995-1997

Minister of Finance and External Investments

2000-2005

Advisor to His Majesty The King, Mohammed VI

2005-2009

Governor (Wali) of the Greater Casablanca Region and Governor of the Casablanca Prefecture

Other activities Socio-professional

1993-2003: Member of Parliament

Former President of the Esprit de Fès Foundation and of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

Former President of the Fès-Saiss Association

Former Chairman of Lafarge Holcim Morocco

Former member of the Advisory Board of the international Lafarge group

Former Chair of the IMF and World Bank Development Committee

1984-1993 Coordinator of the Permanent Interministerial Committee for Public Enterprises and Chairman of the Public Enterprises Vigilance Committee

Former Vice Chancellor of Al Akhawayn University