Abdelkrim Benmbarek () is an Algerian politician and educator who has served as secretary-general of the National Liberation Front since 2023.https://www.aps.dz/algerie/162631-abdelkrim-benmbarek-plebiscite-nouveau-secretaire-general-du-parti-fln He previously served as a member of the People's National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and has been a member of the People's Provincial Assembly of Algiers since 2021. He has also held several positions within the FLN, including responsibility for the party's Bouzaréah organization in Algiers.
Benmbarek was born in 1959 in Batna Province, Algeria and worked as a teacher before retiring. He is also the author of several educational books.
Benmbarek became involved in the FLN during his student years and subsequently held various positions within the party. He was elected to the People's National Assembly for the 2002–2007 legislative term. He was subsequently elected to the People's Provincial Assembly of Algiers in 2021. Within the FLN, he served as the party's mouhafedh in Bouzaréah.
On 13 November 2023, following the FLN's 11th congress in Algiers, Benmbarek was unanimously selected by the party's Central Committee as secretary-general for a five-year term, succeeding Abou El-Fadhel Baadji.
See also National Liberation Front (Algeria)
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