Aymen Benabderrahmane (; born 7 November 1960) is an Algerian politician who served as

Prime Minister of Algeria The First minister of Algeria is the head of government of Algeria. Nadir Larbaoui has been the prime minister since 11 November 2023. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Algeria, along with other ministers and members of the ...

from 30 June 2021 to 11 November 2023. He had served as

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from June 2020 to February 2022.

Early life

Benabderrahmane was born in 1960 in

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. Biographie de M. Aimene Benabderrahmane, Premier Ministre
site aps.dz, 30 juin 2021 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. From December 2001 until March 2010, Benabderrahmane served as Deputy Director for Control at the General Inspectorate of Finance. In addition, he worked as General Inspector of Finance in 2004 and as General Inspector Chief of Finance in 2006. Benabderrahmane served as censor of the Bank of Algeria from March 2010 to June 2020. He was promoted to governor of the Bank of Algeria in November 2019, a position he served until June 2020.

Political career

From 23 June 2020 to February 2022, Benabderrahmane served as Minister of Finance. He was appointed prime minister on 30 June 2021 and succeeded Abdelaziz Djerad. On 10 July 2021, Benabderrahmane tested positive for

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. Algerian state TV said that he would quarantine for seven days, but will continue performing his duties virtually. In July 2023, Benabderrahmane attended the 2023 Russia–Africa Summit in Saint Petersburg and met with Russian President

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Other activities

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(AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020) *

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2021) *

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(MIGA),

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2021)Board of Governors

(MIGA),

References

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