Ahmed Benbitour ( ar, 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 Metlili ( ar, متليلي) (also known as Metlili ) is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune, and capital of Métlili District, in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 40,576, up from 33,759 in 1998, a ...

Ghardaïa Ghardaïa ( ar, غرداية, Mzab-Berber: ''Taɣerdayt'') is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate ...

in the

Chaamba The Chaamba ( ar, الشعانبة, translit=Sha‘āniba) are an Arab tribe in the northern Sahara of central Algeria. They are a large tribe of Bedouins and live in a large desert territory to the south of the Atlas Mountains, around Metlili, ...

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

tribe, Benbitour received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

from

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

. Benbitour served in the government of Algeria as Minister of Energy from 1993 to 1994 and as

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

from 1994 to 1996. Subsequently, he was Prime Minister from December 1999 until August 2000, when he resigned.''The Middle East and North Africa 2004''
Routledge, 2004,

Works

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

References

External links

"INTERVIEW - Algeria corruption case 'part of political struggle'"
''Reuters'', Lamine Chikhi and Christian Lowe, 09 Feb 1946 births Living people Université de Montréal alumni Prime Ministers of Algeria Finance ministers of Algeria Algerian Ministers of Energy and Mines 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-politician-stub