Abderrahmane Benkhalfa

Abderrahmane Benkhalfa (Arabic: عبد الرحمان بن خالفة, July 2, 1949 – April 23, 2021)[1][2] was an Algerian financial expert.[2] He was general delegate for the Algerian Association of Banks and Financial Institutions,[1] and director of the Bank of Algeria.[1] He was Algerian Minister of Finance.[1][2] He was also a member of the Finance and Credit Council at the Bank of Algeria.[3] He was described as being pro-private-sector.[4]

Abderrahmane Benkhalfa
عبد الرحمان بن خالفة
Minister of Finance
In office
14 May 2015 – 11 June 2016
Prime MinisterAbdelmalek Sellal
Preceded byMohamed Djellab
Succeeded byHadji Baba Ammi
Personal details
Born
Abderrahmane Benkhalfa

(1949-07-02)2 July 1949
Tiaret, French Algeria
Died23 April 2021(2021-04-23) (aged 71)
Algiers, Algeria
Political partyNational Liberation Front
Alma materUniversity of Algiers
University of Grenoble

Education

He obtained a bachelor's in commercial and financial sciences from the Superior College of Business at the University of Algiers,[1] and went on to obtain a doctorate in management sciences from the French University of Grenoble in 1977.[1] He also attended a specialization course at the University of Warsaw in Poland.[1]

Death

On 23 April 2021, Benkhalfa died at Aïn Naadja Military Hospital, Algiers, from complications related to COVID-19.[5]

References
  1. "Minister's Biography". Ministry of Finance Algeria (in French). Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. "Abderrahmane Benkhalfa, from Financial Expert to Minister of Finance". Ennahar El Djadid (in Arabic). Ennahar Online. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. "Who is Who". Bank of Algeria (in French). Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. "Algeria: reviving the land of the living dead". The Economist. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  5. "Décès de l'ancien ministre des Finances Abderrahmane Benkhalfa". aps.dz (in French). 23 April 2021.


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