Dalila Boudjemaa

Boudjemaa was secretary of state to the minister of regional planning in 2012.^[1][2] In September 2013, she was promoted to Minister of Regional Planning and the Environment.^[1][2][3][4] In June 2015, Boudjemaa was ousted from the government when her department was abolished and attached to the Ministry of Water Resources.^[5]

In 2020, Boudjemaa was an advisor to the president of the Republic of Algeria, responsible for ecology.^[1]

Following a ministerial reshufflimg on 21 February 2021, Boudjemaa was reappointed as minister of the environment in the Third Djerad government, replacing Nassira Benharrats.^[1] She attended the 31st session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN).^[6] She held the office until 7 July 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Boudjemaa is in favour of the exploitation of shale gas, which she claims has no impact on the environment.^[4][7] She has also encouraged Technical Landfill Centers (CET) to exploit their large stocks of waste to generate income^[8] as "waste has now become an economic issue,"^[9] and has called for legislation to limit "the dangers of the use of plastic on health and the environment."^[10]