Léon Bertrand is a French politician. Previously a professor of physics and biology,he was Mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni from 1983 until 2018. He was elected to the French National Assembly for the Rally for the Republic representing French Guiana's 2nd constituency in 1988 and was reelected at every election till 2007.
Algérie Ferries or Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) is a state-owned Algerian shipping company. The company operates passenger and freight services between Algeria,France and Spain.
Souad Bendjaballah is an Algerian lawyer,activist for women's rights and politician.
The 2019–2021 Algerian protests,also called Revolution of Smiles or Hirak,began on 16 February 2019,six days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement. These protests,without precedent since the Algerian Civil War,were peaceful and led the military to insist on Bouteflika's immediate resignation,which took place on 2 April 2019. By early May,a significant number of power-brokers close to the deposed administration,including the former president's younger brother Saïd,had been arrested.
The National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees or CNLD is an Algerian citizens' group created on 26 August 2019 during the "Hirak" 2019 Algerian protests,with the aim of supporting and obtaining the release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.
Events from 2020 in Algeria.
Moussa Benhamadi was an Algerian politician and researcher. He was a member of the National Liberation Front (FLN).
M'hamed Benredouane was an Algerian politician.
Saïd Bouteflika is an Algerian politician and academic. He is the brother and was a special adviser of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in his former role as President of Algeria,on whom he would have had "considerable influence",especially after the president suffered a serious stroke in 2013. He was also an assistant professor at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB).
Lakhdar Bouregaa was an Algerian independentist militant. He was a Commander of the National Liberation Army,serving from 1956 to 1962. He was opposed to the Oujda Group following a clash in the summer of 1962. He was a co-founder of the Socialist Forces Front in 1963,and was a key figure during the 2019–20 Algerian protests.
Zigha Djamila is an Algerian judge and first woman appointed as attorney general of the Court of Boumerdes. She was appointed into this position in 2014 by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Mohamed Arkab is an Algerian politician who is serving as Minister of Energy since 22 February 2021.
Mohamed Hassaïne was an Algerian journalist.
The National Construction Movement,sometimes translated as the Movement for National Construction,is an Algerian political party.
Boudjemaa Talai was an Algerian engineer,corporate executive,and politician who served as the Algerian Minister of Transport and Public Works from 2015 to 2017. A member of the National Liberation Front,Talai also served as a member of the People's National Assembly from 2017 to 2019.
Abdelkader Zoukh is a former Algerian politician who served as the wali of Algiers from 2013 to 2019,and also as the wali of M'Sila,Aïn Témouchent,Mostaganem,Oran,and Sétif between 1991 and 2013. Zoukh was dismissed from his post as wali of Algiers due to the Hirak protest movement against the Algerian government that broke out in 2019,and was later sentenced to several years in prison for a variety of corruption cases.
Amar Mohammedi was an Algerian veteran and politician who served as the first wali of Algiers Province following Algerian independence in 1962,and as the head of the Autonomous Zone of Algiers between 1957 and 1962.
Abderrezak Bouhara was an Algerian politician and veteran who served as the seventh wali of Algiers Province between 1975 and 1978,the Algerian Minister of Health between 1978 and 1982,and various military positions in embassies in Paris,Moscow,and Hanoi.
