Abderrahmane Benkhalfa

Abderrahmane Benkhalfa (Arabic: عبد الرحمان بن خالفة, July 2, 1949 – April 23, 2021)^[1][2] was an Algerian financial expert.^[2] He was general delegate for the Algerian Association of Banks and Financial Institutions,^[1] and director of the Bank of Algeria.^[1] He was Algerian Minister of Finance.^[1][2] He was also a member of the Finance and Credit Council at the Bank of Algeria.^[3] He was described as being pro-private-sector.^[4]

Abderrahmane Benkhalfa عبد الرحمان بن خالفة
Minister of Finance
In office 14 May 2015 – 11 June 2016
President	Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Prime Minister	Abdelmalek Sellal
Preceded by	Mohamed Djellab
Succeeded by	Hadji Baba Ammi
Personal details
Born	Abderrahmane Benkhalfa (1949-07-02)2 July 1949 Tiaret, French Algeria
Died	23 April 2021(2021-04-23) (aged 71) Algiers, Algeria
Political party	National Liberation Front
Alma mater	University of Algiers University of Grenoble

Education

He obtained a bachelor's in commercial and financial sciences from the Superior College of Business at the University of Algiers,^[1] and went on to obtain a doctorate in management sciences from the French University of Grenoble in 1977.^[1] He also attended a specialization course at the University of Warsaw in Poland.^[1]

Death

On 23 April 2021, Benkhalfa died at Aïn Naadja Military Hospital, Algiers, from complications related to COVID-19.^[5]