Mohamed Salah Dembri (; 30 January 1938 – 2 January 2020) was an Algerian politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1993 to 1996.

Early life and education

Career

After his studies, Dembri studied at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the

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. Subsequently, he was, among other things, secretary general of the ministry of higher education and scientific research and secretary general of the ministry of labour and social affairs. After being secretary general of the State Department between 1979 and 1982, he was ambassador to Canada from 1982 to 1984. He then worked as a government adviser on political and diplomatic affairs. In 1992, he became Ambassador to Greece and remained in this post until 1993. Upon his return, Dembri took over the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs from

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in 1993, who in turn took up the post of

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on 23 August 1993 and formed a new government. Until 1996, Dembri also held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the following governments of Prime Ministers

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and

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. He then became Permanent Representative to the

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in 1996 and remained in this post until 2005. At the same time, Dembri was accredited to the Holy See between 1997 and 2004. He was in 1999 President of the

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UNCD (United Nations Conference on Disarmament) and between 2000 and 2001 president of the local working group for development rights, then from 2001 to 2003 President of a group of work of the

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, before 2004 President of the Executive Committee of the 101st session of the

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(IOM). Dembri was accredited as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom from September 2005 to 2010. He was also the founder of the National Institute for Global Strategic Studies and the author of numerous articles in professional journals. He was married and the father of two children.

References

1938 births Ministers of foreign affairs of Algeria Members of the National Liberation Front (Algeria) Algerian Muslims Government ministers of Algeria 2020 deaths Ambassadors of Algeria to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Algeria to Greece Ambassadors of Algeria to Canada Permanent representatives of Algeria to the United Nations in Geneva 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-politician-stub