Farida Benyahia is an Algerian magistrate and president of the Council of State of Algeria. She was appointed in 2019 by President

Abdelmadjid Tebboune Abdelmadjid Tebboune (; born 17 November 1945) is an Algerian politician currently serving as the president of Algeria since December 2019 and as minister of defence. Tebboune took over the power from former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and f ...

. After her installation as president of Council of State, she declared that she would go after loot funds and recover them.

Career

Benyahia career began in 1975 holding positions including prosecutor at the court of Constantine, advisor to the president of chamber at the court of Constantine and adviser to the president of Council of State before being appointed President of the Council in 2019.

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