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Mr. Mohamed ARKAB took his new functions
Sonelgaz CEO, Mr. Mohamed Arkab, has been appointed new Energy Minister in replacement of Mr. Mustapha Guitouni, who was in office since May 2017. The handover ceremony took place yesterday, April 1st, 2019, at the Energy Ministry’s headquarters, in the presence of senior officials of the Ministry and senior executives of various companies and institutions operating in the sector.
On this occasion, Mr. Arkab stated that he was honored by the trust they placed in him. Given the importance of his new duties and the resulting responsibilities, he said he would spare no effort to live up to his missions. Moreover, Mr. Arkab did not fail to pay tribute to his predecessors and to all the energy sector personnel for having shown a great deal of professionalism in the exercise of their duties, whatever the difficulties they encountered. Speaking to his associates, he added that he placed on them all his confidence and that they would work together to meet future challenges and continue the work of past generations, respecting professional values and ethics, which have always made the energy sector an example of a nationalist spirit.
For his part, Mr. Guitouni congratulated his successor and wished him success in his new role. He also thanked the executives from the Ministry and the companies of the sector for their support during his time as head of the ministry.
As a reminder, Mr. ARKAB is a Mechanical Engineer, specializing in Energy Science. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration, Business Management MBA. He joined the industrial assembly company ETTERKIB in September 1990. He held various management positions: Mechanical engineer (from September 1990 to March 1992), then site manager (from April 1992 to January 1997), then Site Director (from February 1997 to October 2003.) Throughout his career, Mr. ARKAB had to lead many energy works construction projects (power stations and substations, gas and oil treatment units, LNG ...) and industrial projects of national importance. In November 2003, he was promoted Works Director at ETTERKIB, responsible for the construction of all power plant projects and industrial projects until June 2006, when he was appointed CEO of this company.
As of September 2010, Mr. ARKAB held the position of CEO of the Electricity and Gas Engineering Company (CEEG), assigned to carry out the entire development program of Sonelgaz Group subsidiaries. He has, to his credit, the commissioning of a number of power plants (more than 8 032 MW installed capacity), 180 substations (with a conversion capacity of over 20,448 MVA), 6700 km of electricity transmission network (in lines of 60, 220 and 400 kV) and 9,200 km of gas transmission network (more than 700 public distribution of gas with gas pipelines between 8'' and 28'').
Before assuming his new role as Minister of Energy, Mr. ARKAB assumed the presidency of Sonelgaz, a position he held since his appointing on Wednesday, August 30th, 2017.
