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His Excellency Mr. Mourad MEDELCI

Minister of Foreign Affairs

People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

 

 

  

I – Education and diplomas

 

1962 :  Entrance examination of University (Mathematics Baccalaureat)

1966 :  Bachelor’s degree in economic science (University of Algiers)

1968 :  Master’s degree in economic science (University of Algiers)

1969 :  One year training in the INSEE (National institute of statistics

       and economic studies) of Paris (Program’s department)

  

II – Experience and responsibilities

 

1 – Corporate (1970-1980)

 

  • Attaché in the financial directorate of the National Electricity and Gas Company (SONELGAZ)
  • Deputy director of Finance at the Algerian-French Organization of industrial cooperation (O.I.C.)
  • Financial director in the National Company of Industrial Plant Engineering and Construction (N.C.I.P.E.C.)
  • President of the Algerian-Swiss Industrial Engineering and Construction Company
  • CEO of the National Tobacco and Matches Company (N.T.M.C)

 

2- Civil service

 

1980-1988 : Secretary general of the Ministry of Commerce

1988     : President of the Industrial Shareholdings Funds

 

3- Algerian government

 

1988-1989 :  Minister of Commerce

1990-1991 :  Minister delegate in charge of the Budget

1999-2001 :  Minister of Commerce

2001-2002 :  Minister of Finance

2002- 1st of May 2005 : Advisor to the President of Republic

May 2005-June 2007 : Minister of Finance

June 4, 2007 : Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs

 
4- International


2003-2005 : Member of the PANEL of Eminent African personalities charged of supervising the African Peer Review Mechanism (A.P.R.M)

 

III – Experience with non governmental organizations

 

  • 1995 : Co-organizer of the Maghreb conference of 700 presidents of enterprises (Palace of the Congress in Marrakech)
  • 1996 : Vice president of the “Emir Abdelkader” Foundation
  • 1997 : Founding member of the Association for International Relations (A.I.R)
  • 1998 : Founding President of the Association for the Promotion of the Eco-effectiveness and the Quality in Enterprises (APEQUE)

 

IV – Civil status

 

His Excellency Mr. Mourad MEDELCI was born on April 30, 1943 in Tlemcen. He is married and father of five children.