BIOGRAPHY

 

Name: MAHI

First Name: BOUMEDIENE

Statut : Maried, five sons

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

- Master by research in International Law: University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 1989 ;

- Law degree: University of Tlemcen, 1985 ;

- PhD student in International Law: International Trade Arbitration, 2018, University of Tlemcen.

 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

 

Rank : Minister Plenipotentiary

- November 2021 - present: Ambassador of Algeria in the Republic of Cameroon;

- October 2020 to October 2021: Director of African Bilateral Relations, Minister of Foreign Office;

- 2018 - 2020 : Deputy Director of Programmes and specialized International Institutions, Minister of Foreign Office ;

- 2015 - 2018: Deputy Director of Programming for Cooperation with the System of United Nations, Funds and Specialized Agencies, Minister of Foreign Office ;

- 2012 - 2015 : Minister Counsellor at the Algerian Embassy in Germany ;

- 2010 - 2012 : Diplomatic Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Algeria in Geneva, in charge of economic and trade issues;

- 2008 - 2010 : Deputy Director of Planning and Programming Policies, Minister of Foreign Office ;

- 2004 - 2008 : Diplomatic Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Algeria in Geneva, in charge of UNCTAD, WIPO and issues related to Sustainable Development ;

- 1998 - 2004: Head of the Environment and Sustainable Development Office at the Directorate General for Multilateral Relations (DGMR) ;

- 1990 - 1998: Lecturer at the Law Institute, University of Tlemcen.

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

 

- Member of the Algerian delegation and Chief Negotiator at the 12th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Accra (Ghana) April 2008;

- Member of the Algerian Delegation and Chief Negotiator at the 13th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Doha (Qatar) May 2012;

- Spokesperson of the Like Minded Group "Friends of development" at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, Beijing (China) June 2012;

- Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an International Instrument on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007 - 2008.

 

RESEARCH WORK

 

- Master thesis, Law of the Sea and the Issue of Technology Transfer, University of Warwick, United Kingdom 1989 ;

- Technology transfer: CRIAD - University of Oran 1998;

- Direct investments: R & D, intellectual property issues – University of Tlemcen review;

- PhD thesis in progress: International commercial arbitration: exequatur decision of international arbitration in Algeria.

 

LANGUAGES

 

- Arabic: Excellent ;

- English: Excellent;

- French: Excellent;

- German: Average.