Ahmed Benbitour (Arabic: أحمد بن بيتور; born June 20, 1946) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.
Ahmed Benbitour | |
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أحمد بن بيتور | |
Head of Government of Algeria | |
In office 23 December 1999 – 27 August 2000 | |
President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
Preceded by | Smail Hamdani |
Succeeded by | Ali Benflis |
Personal details | |
Born | Metlili, Algeria | 20 June 1946
Born at Metlili, Ghardaïa in the Chaamba Arab tribe, Benbitour received his doctorate from Université de Montréal.[1]
Benbitour served in the government of Algeria as Minister of Energy from 1993 to 1994[2] and as Minister of Finance from 1994 to 1996.[3][4][5] Subsequently, he was Prime Minister from December 1999 until August 2000, when he resigned.[6]