Taha Derbal
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Taha Derbal is an Algerian civil servant and politician who served as the Minister of Water Resources. Throughout his career, he held several key positions within Algeria's water sector, including serving as the Director General of the National Office of Water and Sanitation and as the interim Director General of the Algerian Water Company. In 2022, he became the Secretary General of the Ministry of Water Resources. He was appointed Minister of Hydraulics in March 2023 and later transitioned to Minister of Water Resources in November 2024. He was dismissed from his ministerial position in April 2026 following a technical failure at the El Tarf desalination plant.
