Salima Souakri | |
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| Secretary of State for Youth and Sports | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2020 | |
| President | Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
| Prime Minister | Aymen Benabderrahmane Nadir Larbaoui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 6, 1974 |
Salima Souakri (born 6 December 1974) is an Algerian judoka who competed at four Olympic Games.[1]
She finished in joint fifth place in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics, having lost the bronze medal match to Yolanda Soler of Spain. She moved up to the half-lightweight (52 kg) division, finishing seventh in the 2000 Olympic Games and fifth again at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. On this occasion she lost the Bronze medal match to Amarilis Savon of Cuba.
On 29 June 2020, Souakri was appointed as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, succeeding Noureddine Morceli.[2]