BIOGRAPHY

Biography of Ambassador Nakhla KECHACHA

Nakhla KECHACHA born BALI,

• Rank: Minister Plenipotentiary;
• Education: National School of Administration, Diplomatic Section (1986);
• Languages: Arabic, French and English.

Positions held

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• January 2016 - August 2019: In charge of Studies and Synthesis at the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs;
• September 2006 - January 2010: Deputy Director of Northern European Countries; 
• September 1998 - January 2002: Head of Office Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus in the Directorate General Europe;
• December 1989 - August 1994: Head of the Bilateral Agreements Office in the Legal Affairs Division;
• September 1986: desk officer at the Maghreb Countries Direction.

At the Algerian diplomatic representations

• November 2019 - February 2023: Consul of Algeria in Metz (France);
• January 2010 - August 2015: Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Algeria in Ottawa (Canada);
• January 2002-August 2006: Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Algeria in Brussels (Belgium); 
• August 1994 - August 1998: Deputy Consul, Consulate of Algeria in Saint-Etienne (France).

Activities

• Member of the Algerian delegation during bilateral political consultations (Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway);
• Participation, in July 2007 in Geneva, in the second seminar on International Governance, organized by the Swiss Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations;
• Member of the Algerian delegation to the African Union summits (from 2016 to February 2019);
• Participation in preparatory meetings for Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) VI (Djibouti, Banjul, Nairobi) in 2016;
• Member of the Algerian delegation to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Summits; 
• Focal point at the APRM experts meeting (January 2016).