Aawatif Hayar
Aawatif Hayar is a Moroccan politician and former president of Hassan II University of Casablanca. She was the Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and the Family from 2021 to 2024
Education
Hayar holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay and a PhD in Signal Processing and Telecommunications from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse.Career
From 2001 until 2010, Hayar worked as a research and teaching associate at EURECOM in France.In 2011, she became professor at Hassan II University Casablanca. In 2016, Hayar was appointed as scientific advisor of Smart City Expo Casablanca and general co-chair of the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference.
From 2019 until 2021, she served as the President of Hassan II University Casablanca.
In October 2021, Hayar was elected as the Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and the Family, a position she left 3 years later.