Fatima Boudouani

Major-General Fatima Boudouani is an Algerian army officer.

Fatima Boudouani
Allegiance	Algeria
Service / branch	Algerian People's National Army
Rank	Major-General

Boudouani is a lawyer from Tipaza. She joined the analysis and business branch of the Algerian People's National Army in 1978 after President Houari Boumédiène opened admission to women. Boudouani later transferred to the Department of National Defense's (DND) general secretariat and then to the legal branch of the aviation command where she became head of international affairs. In 2010 she became a specialist at the DND and sat on the steering committee of its 5+5 initiative.^[1]

On 5 July 2012 she was promoted to the rank of major-general.^[1] As of 2017 she was one of four female generals in the Algerian Army.^[2]

References

1. "Biographie de la première femme algérienne nommée au rang de général major". ALG24 (in French). 4 July 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
2. "Fatma Boudouani, première femme Général-Major de l'armée algérienne". Oumma (in French). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.