The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research appointed Professor Radhouane Chtourou as the new Director General of the Research and Energy Technologies Center to replace Professor Brahim Bessaïs (End of mandate) who had held this position since October 2010. Professor Radhouane Chtourou, who until his new appointment was Director of the Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Systems for Renewable Energies, has a 31-year career in Higher Education and Scientific Research.