On the evening of 16 June 2025, Mr. Kamel Baddari, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, presided over the handover and assumption of office ceremony for the ministry’s Secretary General at the Ministry’s headquarters, in the presence of ministry officials and university regional conferences presidents via videoconference. Responsibilities were transferred from Mr. Abdelhakim Bentellis, admitted for retirement, to Mr. Toufik Guendouzi, the new Secretary General of the Ministry.
Furthermore, Mr. Abdelkarim Taferguennit was appointed to oversee the minister’s cabinet affairs.