Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of African Affairs
- Family Name: Mansouri
- First Name: Selma Bakhta
- Date of birth: April16, 1987
- Family situation: Married and mother of three (03) children
- Education :
- Master degree in International Relations - International Security and Defense, from Jean-Moulin III University (France )
- Diploma from the National School of Administration of Algiers (diplomatic section)
- Current post:
Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of African Affairs
- Career :
- March 2024 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to Burkina Faso.
- February 2022-March 2024: Coordinator of the Project of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Geneva to support Defense and Security Force in Mauritania, Niger and Chad of the Office.
- February 2019-August 2020: Principal Advisor and Head of the UN Transitional Justice Team in Bamako.
- August 2016 - December 2018: Field Operations Officer in the UN Human Rights and Protection Section in Bamako.
- July 2012-July 2016: First Secretary-General at the Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations in New York.
- August 2009-July 2012: Head of Office at the General Directorate of Political Affairs and International Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algeria.
- Training courses and certificates:
- Certificate of participation in the “Young Leaders of the United Nations” forum. Turin 2019.
- Certificate in International Humanitarian Law - Specialization “Humanitarian Responses in Conflicts and Disasters”. Harvard University New York 2018.
- Certificate of Training on “Prevention of Fraud and Corruption at the United Nations”-New York 2018.
- Certificate of Training for United Nations Staff on Gender Equality. New York 2017.
- Certificate in Database Management at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 2017 - Geneva.
- Certificate in “Security in the Field of Peacekeeping Operations” - Bamako 2016.
- Certificate of Training in “Deployment of Civilian Personnel in UN Peacekeeping Missions” - Antep 2016.
- Certificate of Participation in the UNITAR Symposium on International Treaty Rules and Applications. New York 2012.
- Participation in the training on International Refugee Law. Sanremo 2010 Italy.