Abderrahmane Benkhalfa عبد الرحمان بن خالفة | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 14 May 2015 – 11 June 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdelmalek Sellal |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Djellab |
| Succeeded by | Hadji Baba Ammi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abderrahmane Benkhalfa 2 July 1949 Tiaret, French Algeria |
| Died | 23 April 2021 (aged 71) Algiers, Algeria |
| Political party | National Liberation Front |
| Alma mater | University of Algiers University of Grenoble |
Abderrahmane Benkhalfa (Arabic: عبد الرحمان بن خالفة, July 2, 1949 – April 23, 2021)[1][2] was an Algerian financial expert.[2] He was general delegate for the Algerian Association of Banks and Financial Institutions,[1] and director of the Bank of Algeria.[1] He was Algerian Minister of Finance.[1][2] He was also a member of the Finance and Credit Council at the Bank of Algeria.[3] He was described as being pro-private-sector.[4]
Education
He obtained a bachelor's in commercial and financial sciences from the Superior College of Business at the University of Algiers,[1] and went on to obtain a doctorate in management sciences from the French University of Grenoble in 1977.[1] He also attended a specialization course at the University of Warsaw in Poland.[1]
Death
On 23 April 2021, Benkhalfa died at Aïn Naadja Military Hospital, Algiers, from complications related to COVID-19.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Minister's Biography". Ministry of Finance Algeria (in French). Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Abderrahmane Benkhalfa, from Financial Expert to Minister of Finance". Ennahar El Djadid (in Arabic). Ennahar Online. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "Who is Who". Bank of Algeria (in French). Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "Algeria: reviving the land of the living dead". The Economist. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "Décès de l'ancien ministre des Finances Abderrahmane Benkhalfa". aps.dz (in French). 23 April 2021.