Abdeslam Bouchouareb

Abdeslam Bouchouareb
Abdeslam Bouchouareb on July 30, 2015 at the Alger Chaîne 3  [ fr ]
Minister of Industry and Mines
In office 2014–2017

Abdeslam Bouchouareb (born 3 June 1952) is an Algerian politician who had serverd as a Minister of Industry and Mines of Algeria ^[1]

He was named in the 2016 Panama Papers leak. ^[2]

On 1 July 2020, Bouchouareb was sentenced to 20 years in prison on corruption charges. ^[3]

In March 2025, the French courts refused to extradite Abdeslam Bouchouareb to Algeria, believing that an extradition could have "exceptionally serious consequences" due to his health and age ^[4] .

References

1. "The Power Players". www.panamapapers.icij.org. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
2. "The Latest: Panama law firm files hacking complaint". AP News. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
3. "Algerian ex- prime ministers sentenced to 12 years for corruption during Bouteflika's election campaign". July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
4. "La justice française refuse les demandes d'extradition vers l'Algérie d'un ancien ministre algérien". Le Monde. Retrieved 19 March 2025.