EDUCATION 

International Business, International Institute of Commerce, Algiers, Algeria; Higher Education Graduate in Sciences, High School of Marketing and Management Brussels, Belgium; Higher Education Diploma in International Insurance and Reinsurance; High Level Certificate IOC/FIBA in Basket Ball 

CAREER 

Deputy CEO and Senior Officer, Milk National Office, Algeria (1975-1987); Chair of the Milk National Organisation, Algeria (1987); President of the Supermarkets National Association, Algeria (1987-1992); CEO of the National Olympic Sports Compound Office, Algeria (1992-1994); CEO of the State Residences Office and the Company for Touristic Management, Club des Pins, Algiers, Algeria (1994-1996); Senior Inspector at the Ministry of Tourism and Crafts, Algeria (1996-2001); Member of the Administration Council of National Office of Crafts; Consultant for National Council for studies on land-use planning (CNEAP), Algeria (1998-2001); Member of Parliament, National Popular Assembly, Algeria (2002-2012); Honorary Member of Parliament; Chair of the Restructuration Commission for the African Sports Movement; Member of the Administration Council of the Hotel “El Aurassi”, Algiers; President and owner of three private schools

SPORTS PRACTISED 

Basketball 

SPORTS CAREER 

Algeria Cadets Champion, Juniors, Seniors five times; Algeria Cup three times; 3rd Best scorer of European Championship, Boblingen, Germany; International Player of the National Team of Basketball and selected for the African group (1971 & 1984) 

SPORTS ADMINISTRATION 

First Vice-president of the Association of the National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), tasked with the settlement of conflicts and international relations; President of the National Olympic and Sports Committee (1996-1998), (2001-2004) and (2005-2009), re-elected (2013-); President of the African Mini-Basketball Commission (1996-2002); Vice-President Organising Committee of the 2007 All-Africa Games; Member of the Executive Council of the Association of the National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and subsequently Vice-President of ANOC; Vice-President ANOCA (2002-2017) and President (2018-); Vice-President of the Organising Committee African Youth Games (2018); Vice-President of the Organising Committee Mediterranean Games, Oran (2021); President (1989-1993), (1993-1997) and (2001-2005), then Honorary President of the Algerian Basket-Ball Federation 

MEMBERSHIP OF OTHER ASSOCIATIONS 

Honorary President of the Algerian Basket-Ball Federation; Honorary President of the HEC Business School Sports Association, Algiers

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS 

Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee; Order of Merit of the Association of National Olympic Committees ANOC; Order of Merit of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa ANOCA; Sports personality of the year, Algeria (2002 & 2018); Honorary Citizen for several cities including, Patras, Moscow and Oran. 

IOC HISTORY 

Member of the Public Affairs and Social Development Through Sport and Olympic Solidarity commissions