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Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi

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Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi
Ferroukhi in 2021
Minister of Post and Information and Communication Technologies [fr] (acting)
In office
27 April 2021 – 8 July 2021
Preceded byBrahim Boumzar [fr]
Succeeded byKarim Bibi Triki
Minister of Fisheries and Fish Production [ar]
In office
4 January 2020 – 8 July 2021
Preceded byCherif Omari [ar]
Succeeded byHicham Sofiane Salawatchi
Member of the People's National Assembly
In office
18 May 2017 – 4 March 2019
ConstituencyAlgiers Province
Personal details
Born11 July 1967
Bologhine, Algeria
Died17 June 2022(2022-06-17) (aged 54)
Rouïba, Algeria
Political partyFLN
EducationHigher National Agronomic School

Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi (Arabic: سيد أحمد فروخي; 11 July 1967 – 17 June 2022) was an Algerian politician.

Biography

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Sid Ahmed was the son of doctor Hamdane Ferroukhi[1] and the nephew of resistance fighter Mustapha Ferroukhi [fr].[2] He obtained the title of state engineer in agronomy from the Higher National Agronomic School, of which he became Deputy Director in 1997. In 2005, he was appointed Secretary-General of the Algerian Space Agency.[2]

Ferroukhi served as Minister of Fisheries and Fishery Resources from 2012 to 2016 and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2015 to 2016.[1] In 2017, he was elected to the People's National Assembly as a member of the National Liberation Front, where he supported the fifth term of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. He resigned from his mandate on 4 March 2019 amidst the Hirak Movement.[3]

From 2020 to 2021, Ferroukhi was interim Minister of Fisheries and Fish Production [ar].[4]

Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi died of cardiac arrest in Rouïba on 17 June 2022 at the age of 54.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Zerrouk, Djamel (9 April 2017). "Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi revient par la grande porte". Le Jeune Indépendant (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Ouazani, Cherif (25 September 2012). "Gouvernement algérien : patientez jeunesse !". Jeune Afrique (in French). Algiers. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. ^ Zmirli, Amayas (4 March 2019). "Annonces de Bouteflika : les Algériens plus que sceptiques". Le Point (in French). Algiers. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Le Président Tebboune nomme les membres du nouveau gouvernement". Algeria Press Service (in French). 2 January 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi est décédé". L'Expression (in French). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.