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BIOGRAPHY

BENALI CHERIF Abdelaziz

Date of birth: January 24, 1961

Place of birth: Kais, Khenchela Province

Family status: Married, father of seven children

 

I. Certificates:

- Primary Education Certificate - Male School: 1973, Kais - Khenchela

- Intermediate Education Certificate in Arabic and French - National School for the Cubs of the Revolution 1977 Guelma

- Baccalaureate degree: 1981 - Batna

- Administrative Training Certificate - Administrative Training Center - Batna (1980-1981)

- Certificate from the National School of Administration, specializing in diplomacy - Algeria (1981-198).

- Master’s degree - Ben Aknoun University (1987-1989), Algeria

- Russian Language Certificate - Moscow 1993

- Certificate of the first batch from the Institute of Postgraduate Studies of National Defense - University of Paris 2003

- Certificate on Western Sahara - Gathering of Universities of Latin America, Spain and Western Sahara in Buenos Aires - Argentina 2021

 

II. Professional experience:

- National Service: 1985-1987

- In charge of the Office of Information Management and Analysis in the Directorate of Information (Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1987-1990)

- In charge of the Environment Office at the Directorate of International Economic and Cultural Relations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1990-1992)

- Writer and then counselor at the Algerian Embassy in Moscow (1992-1996)

- Deputy Director for Southern European Countries - Directorate General for Europe (Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1996-2001)

- Director of Western European Countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2001-2004)

- Ambassador of Algeria to Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros (Antananarivo 2004-2013)

- Director General of Communications, Information and Documentation, official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2014-2020)

- Ambassador of Algeria to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay (2020-2023)

- Ambassador of Algeria to Egypt and Permanent Representative at the Arab league (2023-2024)

- Ambassador of Algeria to Brazil and Bolivia (2024-present)

III. Knowledge of languages:

- Arabic

- Amazigh

- French

- English

- Spanish

- Russian

- Malagasy

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