Ramtane Lamamra

Ramtane Lamamra (Arabic: رمطان لعمامرة‎); born 15 June 1952, is an Algerian diplomat who was the African Union's Commissioner for Peace and Security from 2008 to 2013 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 2013 to 2017 and briefly in March 2019.

Ramtane Lamamra
Ramtane Lamamra in 2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 13 March 2019 – 31 March 2019
Prime Minister	Noureddine Bedoui
Preceded by	Abdelkader Messahel
Succeeded by	Sabri Boukadoum
In office 11 September 2013 – 25 May 2017
Prime Minister	Abdelmalek Sellal
Preceded by	Mourad Medelci
Succeeded by	Abdelkader Messahel
Personal details
Born	15 June 1952 Amizour, Algeria
Alma mater	École nationale d'administration d'Algiers

Life and career

Born at Amizour in Béjaïa Province, Lamamra studied at the École nationale d'administration in Algiers. He was appointed as Algeria's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti, as well the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, in 1989. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1992 to 1993. Subsequently, he was appointed as Algeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1993, and he served as Ambassador to the United States from 1996 to 1999.[1]

From 1 August 2005 until 7 July 2007 he was Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was elected as the African Union's Commissioner for Peace and Security in early 2008, taking office on 28 April 2008. He succeeded another Algerian diplomat, Said Djinnit, in that post.[1]

Lamamra was appointed to the Algerian government as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 11 September 2013;[2][3] consequently he left his post as AU Commissioner for Peace and Security.[4]

After nearly four years as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lamamra was dismissed from the government on 25 May 2017.[5]

See also

• List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
• List of foreign ministers in 2017
• Foreign relations of Algeria

References

1. Cherif Ouazani, "Ramtane Lamamra", Jeune Afrique, 28 April 2008 (in French).
2. Paul Schemm and Karim Kebir, "Algeria's ailing president reshuffles Cabinet", Associated Press, 11 September 2013.
3. "Algérie : Bouteflika remanie le gouvernement en vue de la présidentielle", Jeune Afrique, 12 September 2013 (in French).
4. "Union africaine : un Algérien pour succéder à Lamamra", Jeune Afrique, 10 October 2013 (in French).
5. "Algerian energy, finance ministers replaced in reshuffle - APS", Reuters, 25 May 2017.

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria
• Appearances on C-SPAN