Background
Yousfi, Youcef was born on October 2, 1941 in Batna, Algeria.
Yousfi, Youcef was born on October 2, 1941 in Batna, Algeria.
Graduate, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques, France. Degree in Economics; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Nancy, France, 1973.
Lecturer then professor chemical engineering University Algiers, Algeria, 1973—1978. Advisory Minister of Energy and Industry, 1973—1978. Vice president marketing National Oil Corporation, Sonatrach, Algeria, 1979, Chief Executive Officer, 1985.
Chairman Board Mines, Petroleum, Hydraulics Participating Fund, 1988. Chief of staff to President of Republican, 1996. Minister energy and mines Government Algeria, 1997—1999, minister foreign affairs, 1999—2000, minister energy and mines, since 2010.
Chairman Organization Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 1998—1999, head Algerian delegate, since 2010. Minimum delegate Office of Prime Minister, 2000—2001. Ambassador Algeria to Canada, 2001—2005, to Tunisia, 2008—2010.
Permanent representative for Algeria United Nations Security Council, 2006—2008. Member National People's Assembly, since 1997.
Married; 3 children.