Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi

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

Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi
Ferroukhi in 2021
Minister of Post and Information and Communication Technologies (acting)
In office
27 April 2021 – 8 July 2021
Preceded byBrahim Boumzar
Succeeded byKarim Bibi Triki
Minister of Fisheries and Fish Production
In office
4 January 2020 – 8 July 2021
Preceded byCherif Omari
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

Biography

Sid Ahmed was the son of doctor Hamdane Ferroukhi[1] and the nephew of resistance fighter Mustapha Ferroukhi.[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.[4]

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

References
  1. Zerrouk, Djamel (9 April 2017). "Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi revient par la grande porte". Le Jeune Indépendant (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. 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.
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