Khalida Boufedeche elected as Algeria's first woman parliamentary speaker

Khalida Boufedech speaks following her election as the first female president of the National People's Congress (NPC), the lower house of the parliament, in Algiers, Algeria, on July 28, 2026. © Fateh Guidoum, AP

Khalida Boufedeche, a trained allergist who represents the Algerian capital Algiers, was elected as the country's first-ever woman parliament speaker Wednesday. Boufedeche is a member of the ruling National Liberation Front's central committee – and now the fourth highest-ranking official in the country.

Algeria's parliament elected its first-ever woman speaker on Tuesday evening, making Khalida Boufedeche the fourth-highest-ranking official in the country.