Ahmed Benbitour
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Ahmed Benbitour (Arabic: أحمد بن بيتور) (born June 20, 1946) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.
Born at Metlilli, Ghardaïa, Benbitour graduated from Université de Montréal in 1984 with a Ph.D. in Economics. He now lives in London, England.
Benbitour was finance minister briefly during 1996.[1] Subsequently he was the Prime Minister of Algeria from December 1999 until August 2000, when he resigned.[2]
In 2008, Benbitour said that relaunching the Maghreb Union, rather than a Union for the Mediterranean, would be better for Algeria.[3]
[edit] Works
- L' Algérie au troisième millénaire, Editions Marinoor (Algérie), 1998
[edit] References
- ^ http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/MNA/2004/12/15/B48958E10A1B9FBF85256F0300052026/1_0/Rendered/PDF/B48958E10A1B9FBF85256F0300052026.pdf
- ^ The Middle East and North Africa 2004, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 9781857431841
- ^ "Algeria's ex-PM sees no benefits from Med union", Globe and Mail, July 15 2008.
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[edit] External links
- "INTERVIEW - Algeria corruption case 'part of political struggle'", Reuters, Lamine Chikhi and Christian Lowe, 09 Feb
| Preceded by Smail Hamdani |
Prime Minister of Algeria 1999–2000 |
Succeeded by Ali Benflis |
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