Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi Explained

Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi
Birth Date:11 July 1967
Birth Place:Bologhine, Algeria
Death Place:Rouïba, Algeria
Nationality:Algerian
Education:Higher National Agronomic School
Party:FLN
Office: (acting)
Term Start:27 April 2021
Term End:8 July 2021
Successor:Karim Bibi Triki
Term Start2:4 January 2020
Term End2:8 July 2021
Successor2:Hicham Sofiane Salawatchi
Office3:Member of the People's National Assembly
Term Start3:18 May 2017
Term End3:4 March 2019
Constituency3:Algiers Province

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

Biography

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

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

Notes and References

  1. News: Zerrouk. Djamel. 9 April 2017. Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi revient par la grande porte. French. Le Jeune Indépendant. 17 June 2022.
  2. News: Ouazani. Cherif. 25 September 2012. Gouvernement algérien : patientez jeunesse !. French. Jeune Afrique. Algiers. 17 June 2022.
  3. News: Zmirli. Amayas. 4 March 2019. Annonces de Bouteflika : les Algériens plus que sceptiques. French. Le Point. Algiers. 17 June 2022.
  4. News: 2 January 2020. Le Président Tebboune nomme les membres du nouveau gouvernement. French. Algeria Press Service. 17 June 2022.
  5. News: 17 June 2022. Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi est décédé. French. L'Expression. 17 June 2022.