Ali Aoun
Algeria's industry and pharma minister 2023–24; jailed 5 years in 2026 for corruption in scrap-metal sales that hurt state group Imetal
Minister of Industry and Pharmaceutical Production· Algeria · in the record since Sep 2022
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Ali Aoun was named Algeria's Minister of the Pharmaceutical Industry in the cabinet reshuffle of 8 September 2022.
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- TSA Algérie — Industrie pharmaceutique et Saidal : Ali Aoun mécontent
Pour sa première sortie sur le terrain, après sa nomination comme ministre de l’Industrie Pharmaceutique, lors du remaniement ministériel opéré jeudi 8 septembre, Ali Aoun, a pris toute de suite les choses en main.
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Aoun headed Algeria's Ministry of Industry and Pharmaceutical Production between 2022 and 2024.
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- Al Jazeera
Aoun, who was the minister for industry and pharmaceutical production between 2022 and 2024, was jailed on Monday in a high-profile corruption case that saw several senior figures convicted, the Algerian online news site Dzair Tube reported.
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Aoun was CEO of Algeria's Central Pharmacy of Hospitals from April to September 2022, just before joining the government.
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- Wikipedia — Ali Aoun
In 2009, Aoun became a consultant in organization and business management before becoming CEO of the Central Pharmacy of Hospitals from April 2022 to September 2022.
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Aoun was CEO of the state pharmaceutical group Saidal from 1995 to 2008.
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- Wikipedia — Ali Aoun
In 1986, Aoun became sub-director, then director of chemistry, pharmacy, and fertilizers at the Ministry of Industry, before becoming CEO of the Saidal Group from 1995 to 2008.
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Fined 1,000,000 Algerian dinars (about $7,500).$7K
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- Algérie Éco
cinq ans de prison ferme et une amende d'un million de dinars
- Al Jazeera
Aoun was also ordered by the Economic and Financial Criminal Court in the capital, Algiers, to pay a fine of 1 million Algerian dinar (approximately $7,500).
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Convicted of corruption on 20 April 2026 by the Sidi M'hamed court in Algiers over irregular sales of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap that harmed state group Imetal; charges covered corruption, abuse of office, influence peddling and granting unjustified advantages.
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- Algérie Éco
L’affaire concerne des opérations de cession de déchets ferreux et non ferreux jugées irrégulières, au détriment du groupe public Imétal.
- Le Courrier d'Algérie
Le dossier portait sur des faits présumés de corruption, d’abus de fonction, de trafic d’influence et d’octroi d’avantages injustifiés.
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Sentenced to five years in prison (prosecutors sought 12) and taken into custody after the verdict.
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- Algérie Éco
Ali Aoun, a été condamné, ce lundi 20 avril, à cinq ans de prison ferme pour des faits de corruption, selon plusieurs médias, précisant que la décision a été rendue par le tribunal de tribunal de Sidi M’hamed, à Alger.
- Al Jazeera
According to the news site, prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence for the former minister, and 10 year sentences for several other defendants.
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Sentenced to two years in prison in the Khalifa affair in 2007; re-tried, he got a suspended sentence in 2020 and was acquitted in 2022.
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- Wikipedia — Ali Aoun
Trials [ edit ] In March 2007, he was sentenced to two years in prison in the context of the Khalifa affair. [ 3 ] Re-tried, he was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence in 2020, [ 4 ] then acquitted in 2022.
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The Economic and Financial Criminal Court in Algiers sentenced former industry minister Ali Aoun to five years in prison over accusations of corruption, mismanagement and unlawful awarding of contracts.
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- Al Jazeera
sentenced Ali Aoun to five years in prison over accusations of corruption, mismanagement and the unlawful awarding of industrial and investment contracts