Ahmed Benbitour
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| office = Head of Government of Algeria
| president = Abdelaziz Bouteflika
| term_start = 23 December 1999
| term_end = 27 August 2000
| predecessor = Smail Hamdani
| successor = Ali Benflis
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|6|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Metlili, Algeria
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Ahmed Benbitour ({{langx|ar|أحمد بن بيتور}}; 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, Ghardaïa in the Chaamba Arab tribe, Benbitour received his doctorate from Université de Montréal.{{cite book|author=Phillip C. Naylor|title=Historical Dictionary of Algeria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ftFbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA117|date=7 May 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-8108-7919-5|page=117}}
Benbitour served in the government of Algeria as Minister of Energy from 1993 to 1994{{cite book|author=Raddock, David M.|title=Navigating New Markets Abroad: Charting a Course for the International Businessperson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nE0fEZ9VmHEC&pg=PA167|edition=2nd|year=2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|location=Lanham|isbn=978-0-7425-0206-2|page=167}} and as Minister of Finance from 1994 to 1996.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mf.gov.dz/events/historic.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627235418/http://www.mf.gov.dz/events/historic.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-06-27|title=Les argentiers de l'Algérie}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Documents & Reports|url=http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/MNA/2004/12/15/B48958E10A1B9FBF85256F0300052026/1_0/Rendered/PDF/B48958E10A1B9FBF85256F0300052026.pdf|access-date=2021-01-21|website=}}{{Cite web|title=Le portail du Premier Ministère {{!}} Accueil {{!}}|url=http://www.premier-ministre.gov.dz/fr/|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Le portail du Premier Ministère}} Subsequently, he was Prime Minister from December 1999 until August 2000, when he resigned.[https://books.google.com/books?id=pP315Mw3S9EC&dq=Ahmed+Benbitour&pg=PA171 The Middle East and North Africa 2004], Routledge, 2004, {{ISBN|9781857431841}}
Works
- L' Algérie au troisième millénaire, Editions Marinoor (Algérie), 1998
References
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External links
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- [https://archive.today/20130104113102/http://in.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eIN/CWORIN/nworldNews_uINIndia-46003520100208 "INTERVIEW - Algeria corruption case 'part of political struggle'"], Reuters, Lamine Chikhi and Christian Lowe, 09 Feb
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Category:Université de Montréal alumni
Category:Prime ministers of Algeria
Category:Finance ministers of Algeria
Category:Ministers of energy and mines of Algeria
Category:21st-century Algerian people
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