Constitutional Court of Algeria

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Constitutional Court
المحكمة الدستورية
Established1 November 2020
Composition method Constitutional court
Authorized by Constitution of Algeria
Number of positions12
Website cour-constitutionnelle.dz
President of the Constitutional Court
CurrentlyOmar Belhadj
Since16 November 2021

The Constitutional Court of Algeria is Algeria's highest judicial body. It replaced the Constitutional Council by the Algerian constitutional amendment of 2020 approved by referendum. [1] [2]

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Current members

Members of the Constitutional Court of Algeria [3]
NamePositionTermAppointed by
Omar BelhadjPresident16 November 2021–present Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Leila AslaouiMember
Bahri Saadallah
Mesbah Menas
Djilali Miloudi
Amal Eddine Boulenouar
Fatiha Benabbou
Abdelouaheb Khrif
Abbas Ammar
Abdelhafidh Oussoukine
Omar Boudiaf
Mohamed Boufertas

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References

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  2. "The Right That Vanished from Algeria's Constitution". Human Rights Watch. 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  3. Chafai, Mohamed (November 18, 2021). "President Tebboune signs presidential decrees on Constitutional Court members". Algeria Press Service. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.