1. Ali Haddad is the co-founder and CEO of ETRHB, and has been the president of the FCE since 2014.
12 Facts About Ali Haddad
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Ali Haddad was one of the country's richest men and a long-time backer of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was under intense pressure to quit.
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Ali Haddad graduated from the Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou in 1988.
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In 2013, Ali Haddad's group created CILFARM, a company specialized in the medical sector.
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Ali Haddad later expanded the hotel into a resort called Le Marin bis.
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In 2009, Ali Haddad launched a press group that publishes two newspapers: Le Temps d'Algerie and Waqt El Djazair.
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In 2011, Ali Haddad purchased Barcelona's historic Hotel Palace for 68 million euros.
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On 24 November 2014, Ali Haddad was elected President of the Algerian employers' organization Forum des Chefs d'Entreprises.
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Ali Haddad has the mission to promote the Algerian economy and its private sector with foreign interlocutors and to foster partnerships.
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Ali Haddad is accused of fraud and many financial crimes including bribery and using the influence of senior members of Bouteflika gouvernement.
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Similarly, an investigation into corruption against Ali Haddad was, according to the same Channel, entrusted to the research brigade of the National Gendarmerie of Bab J'did, Algiers.
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In November 2020, Ali Haddad has had his prison sentence reduced from 18 to 12 years.