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Aymen Benabderrahmane
Prime Minister of Algeria from 2021 to 2023 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aymen Benabderrahmane (Arabic: أيمن بن عبد الرحمان, romanized: Ayman ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān; born 7 November 1960) is an Algerian politician who served as Prime Minister of Algeria from 30 June 2021[1] to 11 November 2023.[2] He had served as Minister of Finance from June 2020 to February 2022.[3][4]
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Early life
Benabderrahmane was born in 1960 in Algiers. [5][6][7] He graduated from the National School of Administration.
Professional career
From 1991 until 2000, he was Inspector of Finance at the General Inspectorate of Finance.[8] From December 2001 until March 2010, Benabderrahmane served as Deputy Director for Control at the General Inspectorate of Finance.[9] In addition, he worked as General Inspector of Finance in 2004 and as General Inspector Chief of Finance in 2006.[8]
Benabderrahmane served as censor of the Bank of Algeria from March 2010 to June 2020.[7] He was promoted to governor of the Bank of Algeria in November 2019,[10] a position he served until June 2020.[11]
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Political career
From 23 June 2020 to February 2022, Benabderrahmane served as Minister of Finance.[11][4] He was appointed prime minister on 30 June 2021[12] and succeeded Abdelaziz Djerad.[13] On 10 July 2021, Benabderrahmane tested positive for COVID-19. Algerian state TV said that he would quarantine for seven days, but will continue performing his duties virtually.[14]
In July 2023, Benabderrahmane attended the 2023 Russia–Africa Summit in Saint Petersburg and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.[15]
Other activities
- African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)[16]
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2021)[17]
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2021)[18]
References
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