Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun
Minister of National Education
Assumed office
5 May 2015
PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika
Prime MinisterAbdelmalek Sellal
Preceded byAbdelatif Baba Ahmed
Personal details
NationalityAlgerian
Alma materUniversity of Oran Paris Descartes University
ProfessionResearcher

Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (born 5 March 1952) is an Algerian sociologist and researcher who serves in the government of Algeria as Minister of National Education.[1]

Her previous function was director of the National Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology. She was a member of The Committee for Development Policy (CDP), subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[2][3]

According to The Economist, as education minister, she favours the use of Darija as the language of education in Algeria.[4]

She is the granddaughter of Si Kaddour Benghabrit's brother.

References

  1. Official Journal of Algeria
  2. The CDP members on the UN official website
  3. The membership of the CDP
  4. "A battle over language is hampering Algeria's development". The Economist. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.


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