Ali Aoun
Ali Aoun (in Arabic علي عون), born May 6, 1946, in Temacine in Algeria, is an Algerian politician, he was the CEO of the pharmaceutical group Saidal for 12 years. He is currently the Minister of Industry since March 18, 2023. Biography

Early life and education 
After obtaining his degree in Industrial Chemistry Engineering from the Saint-Luc Mons Institute in Belgium in 1972, Ali Aoun began his professional career in the chemical industry in Algeria. Career 
Ali Aoun held several executive positions in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in Algeria. He was unit director at the National Chemical Industries Company (SNIC) from 1974 to 1979, central director at SNIC from 1979 to 1982, and CEO of the National Enterprise for Detergents and Cleaning Products (ENAD) from 1983 to 1985. In 1986, Ali 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. He was also a lecturer at the National Institute of Light Industries in Boumerdès from 1984 to 1986. In 2009, Ali Aoun became a consultant in organization and business management before becoming CEO of the Central Pharmacy of Hospitals from April 2022 to September 2022. Trial and acquittal 

In March 2007, he was sentenced to two years in prison in the context of the Khalifa affair. Re-tried, he was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence in 2020, then acquitted in 2022. References 

Algerian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people