Ahmed Benbitour (; born 20 June 1946) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.

Life and career

Born at

Metlili Metlili () is a town and 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, and an annual growth rate of 1.9%. The population is called C ...

Ghardaïa Ghardaïa (, ) 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 of 0.7%. It is located in northern-central A ...

in the

Chaamba The Chaamba () 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, El Golea, Ouargla, El Oued, and the Grea ...

Arab Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...

tribe, Benbitour received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

from

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) 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-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

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

Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

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 Ministers of energy and mines of Algeria 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-politician-stub