Ghita Mezzour | |
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Delegate-Minister to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform | |
Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
Monarch | Mohammed VI of Morocco |
Prime Minister | Aziz Akhannouch |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (M.Sc.) Carnegie Mellon University (PhD) |
Ghita Mezzour is the Moroccan Delegate-Minister to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform. She was appointed as minister on 7 October 2021. [1] [2]
Mezzour took her master's degree from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and her doctorate at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. [3]
She is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and she teaches at the International University of Rabat. She was appointed as a minister by Mohammed VI of Morocco in 2021. [4] Mezzour's appointment was made emphasising Morocco's commitment to digitising its public institutions and to "boost women's empowerment and inclusion in policy making". [5]
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