1/ - Date and place of Birth: January 13 th , 1955 Algeria

- Marital Status: Married, with three children

2/ Diploma:

- High school Diploma (Literature)- Algiers -1973

- Bachelor in Law - Université Paris II - 1977

- Master in Business law- Université Paris II - 1978

- Post- graduate Diploma in International Law- Université Paris II – 1979

- Third cycle Diploma from the" Institut des Hautes Études Internationales " - Paris (IHEI) 1981.

- Languages: Arabic- French- English

3/ Career :

•  1980- 1984 - Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Algeria ;

•  1984 -1986 - Military service at the Institut Militaire de Documentation d'Évaluation et de Prospective - Algeria;

•  1986 - 1987 – Desk Officer at Europe Department: Federal Republic of Germany- Italy ;

•  1987 – 1990 – Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires ai. at the Embassy of Algeria in Ottawa ;

•  1990 - 1993 – Deputy - Director of " Prospective and Evaluation " - Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Algeria ;

•  1993 – 1996 – Advisor of the Foreign Affairs Minister – Algeria ;

•  1995 – National Coordinator Assistant for the Euro- Mediterranean Conference of Barcelone;

•  1996 – 2000 – Ambassador of Algeria to the Senegal , Guinea – Bissau , Gambia and Cape Verde ;

•  2001 – 2003 - Head of project for the Institut of Diplomacy and International Relations of Algeria;

•  2003- 2005 – General Director of the Institut of Diplomacy and International Relations – Algeria .

4/ Academic activities:

•  Researcher at the Centre de Recherche du Désarmement – Université of Paris (1976- 1978) ;

•  Researcher at the Military Institut of Documentation, Evaluation and Prospective (IMDEP) – Ministry of the National Defense (Algiers 1984- 1986) ;

•  Researcher associate at the Institut National d'Études de Stratégie Globale (INESG) – (1990 – 1993) ;

•  Member of the National Commission Experts "Algeria 2005" created by the Presidency of the Republic (1993);

•  Member of the Scientific Council of the École Nationale d'Administration (PGS) – (1994);

•  Member of the Prospective National Committee – National Scheme of the Country planning "Algeria 2025"

•  Different articles, studies and publications in law and international relations;

•  Lecturer in different international seminars and conferences;

•  Member of several international associations.

5/ Latest lectures given at International conferences :

- " Risks and threats: the old and the new Agenda" – University of the AEGEAN – Rhodos Island – Greece – September 2002;

- "Competing Security frameworks in the Mediterranean: Does NATO have a strategic advantages" - Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)- London – June 2003;

- "Civil Society, Gouvernance and Nepad" in Cap- Town- November 2003 – Institut Sud – Africain des Relations Internationales;

•  " The Diplomatic Function " – Conference at the Institut Diplomatique Tunisien – January 2004;

•  " The Euro- Mediterranean Dialogue at the crossroads: Statement and perspectives " - Euromesco Conference in Barcelone - May 2004;

•  Conference "The source of crisis in Mediterranean " – Naval Forces Commandment – Ministry of National Defence – April 2004;

•  " Proposals for African Institutes of Diplomacy " – Diplomatic Institutes Congress/Meeting – June 2004;

•  " The Arab Summit of Algiers and the Problematic of reforms " – Conference of the International studies Association of Tunis – April 2005.

6/ Awards:

- Commander in the Ordre National du Lion Sénégal;

- National Honours Award ( Republic of Gambia ).