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Algerian physicist

Houda-Imane Faraoun, also spelled Feraoun, is an Algerianphysicist and materials scientist who was appointed Minister of Post, Information Technology & Communication in the government of Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal on 1 May 2015.^[2] She is also a professor of physics at the University of Tlemcen, a post she has held in various capacities since 2006.^[3] She holds a PhD in physics from the University Djillali Liabès of Sidi Bel Abbès and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard.^[4]

In 2021 she was sentenced to prison for embezzlement.

Early life

Faraoun was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria on 16 June 1979.^[4] She received her baccalaureate at the age of 16. In 1999, at the age of 20, she received a degree (DES) in Physics from the University of Sidi Bel Abbès and began her studies for a doctorate in Solid-state Physics at the sam