Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (born 5 March 1952) is an

Algerian Algerian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Algeria * Algerian people This article is about the demographic features of the population of Algeria, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, econo ...

sociologist and researcher who serves in the government of

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as Minister of National Education. Her previous function was director of the

National Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology The National Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (french: Centre national de recherche en anthropologie sociale et culturelle, CRASC) is an Algerian governmental research organisation in social sciences created by the decree 92 ...

. She was a member of The Committee for Development Policy (CDP), subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.The membership of the CDP
/ref> According to The Economist, as education minister, she favours the use of Darija as the language of education in Algeria. She is the granddaughter of

Si Kaddour Benghabrit Abdelkader Ben Ghabrit (; 1 November 1868 – 24 June 1954), commonly known as Si Kaddour Benghabrit () was an Algerian religious leader, translator and interpreter who worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was the first rector of ...

's brother.

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