Djamel Houhou (Arabic: جمال حوحو; 23 October 1934 – 20 November 2022) was an Algerian diplomat and politician.
[1] Houhou studied politic science in Lausanne and joined the National Liberation Front (FLN) in 1956.
He then joined the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic in Tunis, where he held several positions in foreign affairs.
Upon the end of the Algerian War and Algeria's independence, Houhou joined the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was Director of Affaires Françaises before being appointed ambassador to Canada, where he served from 1971 to 1974, and ambassador to Egypt from 1975 to 1977.
He implemented reforms in Algeria's sporting system, which produced positive results in the 1980s.