Ahmed Benbitour

Algerian politician

أحمد بن بيتور

Head of Government of AlgeriaIn office
23 December 1999 – 27 August 2000PresidentAbdelaziz BouteflikaPreceded bySmail HamdaniSucceeded byAli Benflis Personal detailsBorn (1946-06-20) 20 June 1946 (age 77)
Metlili, Algeria

Ahmed Benbitour (Arabic: أحمد بن بيتور; born June 20, 1946) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.

Life and career

Born at Metlili, Ghardaïa in the Chaamba Arab tribe, Benbitour received his doctorate from Université de Montréal.^[1]

Benbitour served in the government of Algeria as Minister of Energy from 1993 to 1994^[2] and as Minister of Finance from 1994 to 1996.^[3]^[4]^[5] Subsequently, he was Prime Minister from December 1999 until August 2000, when he resigned.^[6]

Works

L' Algérie au troisième millénaire, Editions Marinoor (Algérie), 1998

References

^ Phillip C. Naylor (7 May 2015). Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-8108-7919-5.
^ Raddock, David M. (2001). Navigating New Markets Abroad: Charting a Course for the International Businessperson (2nd ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-7425-0206-2.
^ "Les argentiers de l'Algérie". Archived from the original on 2008-06-27.
^ "Documents & Reports" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ "Le portail du Premier Ministère | Accueil |". Le portail du Premier Ministère. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
^ The Middle East and North Africa 2004, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 9781857431841