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Brahim Djamel Kassali

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Brahim Djamel Kassali
Minister of Finance
In office
14 June 2022 – 16 March 2023
PresidentAbdelmadjid Tebboune
Prime MinisterAymen Benabderrahmane
Preceded byAbderrahmane Raouya [fr]
Succeeded byLaaziz Fayed
Personal details
Born11 November 1954
Alma materUniversity of Algiers
Institut international d'administration publique

Brahim Djamel Kassali (Arabic: إبراهيم جمال كسالي; born 11 November 1954) was the Algerian Minister of Finance from 14 June 2022 to 16 March 2023.[1][2]

Education

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Kassali has a degree in financial sciences (1977) from the University of Algiers, a Diploma in Privatization and Modernization of the Public Sector in the Market Economy (1994) from the Institut international d'administration publique in Paris and a Diploma in Capital Markets Organization (1995) from the Institute of International Financial Services in Montreal.[3]

Career

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From 1980 until 1983, Kassali worked as the Senior Treasury Inspector at the Ministry of Finance.[3]

In 1984, he was appointed head of the Banking Regulation Office and in 1987, Deputy Director of Credit at the Ministry of Economy. He was the Deputy Director of Budgetary Operations at the Ministry of Economy from 1990 until 1991.[3]

Between 1995 and 2003, Kassali worked as the Director of Loans and Commitments of the State at the Ministry of Finance. In 2003, he was appointed the acting Director General of the Treasury at the Ministry of Finance.[3]

From 2005 until 2020, Kassali was the CEO of the Algerian Insurance and Reinsurance Company (CAAR). In addition, he was the president of the Algerian Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (UAR) for several years.[4][5]

In May 2020, he was appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance.[6]

Since July 2022, Kassali has been the Minister of Finances.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Monsieur Brahim Djamel KASSALI, nouveau Ministre des Finances". www.mf.gov.dz (in French). 14 July 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ "President Tebboune conducts ministerial reshuffle". Algeria Press Service. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Biographie du Ministre". République Algérienne Démocratique Et Populaire. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Brahim Djamel Kassali, President, Algerian Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (UAR): Interview: Interview - Africa 2015 - Oxford Business Group". 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  5. ^ "Algeria's new Minister of Finance Brahim Djamel Kassali is no stranger to business". The Africa Report.com. 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  6. ^ "JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE ALGERIENNE DEMOCRATIQUE ET POPULAIRE CONVENTIONS ET ACCORDS INTERNATIONAUX - LOIS ET DECRETS ARRETES, DECISIONS, AVIS, COMMUNICATIONS ET ANNONCES (TRADUCTION FRANÇAISE)" (PDF). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 11 April 2023.