Mr. the Secretary General

Name : MAGRAMANE

First Name: Lounes

Date and place of birth : june 1, 1961 in Khemis El Khechna-Boumerdès

Family Status : Married and father of three (03) children

Higher diplomas : Diploma of the National School of Administration - Diplomatic Section

Working languages : Arabic, French, English

Function : Secretary General

Professionnal Profile :

• 1986-1990 : Head of the Political Affairs Office of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and national liberation movements at the “Africa” General Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algiers.
• 1990-1994 : Minister-Counsellor at the Algerian Embassy in Addis Ababa.
• 1994-1997 : Deputy Director of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and Regional Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algiers.
• 1997-2001 : Director of Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algiers.
• 2001-2005 : Ambassador of Algeria in Niamey, Republic of Niger.
• 2005-2007 : Chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algiers.
• 2007-2008 : Ambassador Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algiers.
• 2008-2009 : General Director of Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algiers.
• 2009-2015 : Ambassador of Algeria in Budapest (Hungary).

                               Ambassador of Algeria to Slovenia with residence in Budapest.

• 2015-2019 : General Director of Protocol Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algiers.
• November 2019-November 2021 :

Ambassador of Algeria in The Hague (Kingdom of the Netherlands).

Permanent Representative of Algeria to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.

Governor of the CFC (Common Fund for Commodities) in Amsterdam.

• November 2021 - June 2023 : 

Ambassador of Algeria in London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ).

Permanent Representative of Algeria to the International Maritime Organization.

• 06 June 2023 : Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Professionnal Experience :

• Member of the Algerian delegation for mediation in the internal conflict in Niger (1998).
• Member of the Algerian delegation in the process of settling the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict 1999-2000.
• Participation in several ministerial meetings, Summit of Heads of State of the OAU and the African Union from 1988 to 2000.

Decoration :

• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Niger.
• Median Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit.