Madjid Bouguerra

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Madjid Bouguerra (born January 8, 1949, in Oum El-Bouaghi, Algeria) is an Algerian diplomat. As ambassador to the United States, he presented his credentials to President Barack Obama on February 13, 2015 until February 23, 2015. [1] [2] [3]

He has had several ambassadorial posts: Zambia (1987-1990), Niger (1992-1997), China (2001-2005) and Germany (2010-2013). [1] [2] [3]

In 2007, he was named secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [1] [2] [3]

Bouguerra attended the National School of Administration (class of 1973) before studying economics at the University of Algiers, graduating from there in 1974. [1] [2] [3]

In September 2021, Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced to replace Madjid Bouguerra with Ahmed Boutache as new ambassador to the US. [4]

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References

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