Partial cabinet reshuffle: Who is newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Attaf?
By: Hana Saada
ALGIERS– Ramtane Lamamra’s successor at the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad already led Algerian diplomacy for almost four years in the 1990s, precisely from January 1996 to December 1999. A graduate of the National School of Administration (ENA) in 1975, Mr. Attaf made his career in diplomacy.
He was Algeria’s ambassador to India, Yugoslavia and the United Kingdom. He also assumed the missions of a Secretary of State, in charge of African and Maghreb Affairs. In addition to mastering diplomatic issues, Ahmed Attaf is a connoisseur of international economic issues.
The President of the Republic, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, conducted, Thursday, a partial cabinet reshuffle, said the spokesman of the Presidency of the Republic, Samir Aggoune.
Here is the complete list:
Aimen Benabderrahmane: Prime Minister
Ahmed Attaf: Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad
Ibrahim Merad: Minister of the Interior, Local Authorities and Urban Planning
Abderrachid Tabi: Minister of Justice
Laziz Fayet: Minister of Finance
Mohamed Arkab: Minister of Energy and Mines
Laid Rebiga: Minister of Mujahideen and Rights Holders
Youcef Belmahdi: Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments (Waqf)
Abdelhakim Belabed: Minister of National Education
Kamal Baddari: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Yassin Merabi: Minister of Vocational Training and Education
Soraya Mouloudji: Minister of Culture and Arts
Abderrahmane Hammad: Minister of Youth and Sports
Meriem Benmiloud: Minister of Digitization and Statistics
Karim Bibi Triki: Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Kaouthar Krikou: Minister of National Solidarity, Family and Status of Women
Ali Aoun: Minister of Industry and Pharmaceutical Production
Abdel Hafidh Heni: Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Mohammed Tarik Belaribi: Minister of Housing, Urban Planning and the City
Tayeb Zitouni: Minister of Trade and Export Promotion
Mohamed Bouslimani: Minister of Communication
Lakhdar Rakhroukh: Minister of Public Works and Basic Equipment
Taha Darbal: Minister of Irrigation
Youcef Cheurfa: Minister of Transport
Mokhtar Didouche: Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts
Abdelhak Sayhi: Minister of Health
Fayçal Taleb: Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security
Basma Azouar: Minister of Relations with Parliament
Faiza Dahlab: Minister of the Environment and Renewable Energies
Ahmed Bidani: Minister of Fisheries and Fishery Products
Yassine El Mahdi Walid: Minister of Knowledge Economy, Start-ups and Small Businesses
Yahia Boukhari: Secretary General of the Government
Abdelaziz Khellaf, Minister of State, Advisor to the President of the Republic
Mohammed Nadir El-Arbaoui, Director of the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic
