His Excellency the President, Major General (Ret’d) Jioji Konousi Konrote today welcomed the new Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to Fiji, His Excellency Abdelaziz Lahiouel.
The Head of State formalised the appointment as he accepted the letters of credence following a 25 member guard of honour by members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces that was accorded to the new envoy.
The non-resident ambassador comes from a Foreign Service background.
Mr Lahiouel completed his undergraduate studies in the field of Economics and Finance at the National School of Administration, in Algiers, Algeria and completed his postgraduate studies at the European University in Nancy, France.
He also undertook training at the Economic and Social Committee, Division of Financial Affairs of the European Economic Community EEC) in Brussels, Belgium.
Mr Lahiouel has represented the African state as ambassador to Tanzania and Poland besides the various international organisations and committees he has served in.
He was the head of the Algerian delegation to Ministerial UN Conference on Climate Change (COP 14) in Poznan, Poland in 2008 and was in charge of South South Cooperation, United Nations Commission for Africa, Multilateral Financial and Monetary Oragization (MFA) from 1982-1986.
Mr Lahiouel is married with two children and will be based in Canberra, Australia.