Mohammed Bedjaoui (born September 21, 1929 in Sidi Bel-Abbes) is an Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

n diplomat and jurist. He has served as Algeria's ambassador to France

France

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 and the United Nations

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 among other places. He has also served as a judge on the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice

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 and as President of Algeria's highest judicial authority, the Constitutional Council. He was appointed as foreign minister

Foreign minister

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 of Algeria on May 1, 2005 during a cabinet reshuffle, and remained in that position until the appointment of a new government on June 4, 2007, in which he was not included. He was replaced as foreign minister by Mourad Medelci

Mourad Medelci

Mourad Medelci is an Algerian politician and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria.-Early life:Medelci studied Economics at the University of Algiers receiving his Bachelor's degree in 1966 and Masters degree in 1968...

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