Abdelkader Bensalah
Abdelkader Bensalah | |
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عبد القـادر بن صالح | |
President of the People's National Assembly | |
In office 14 June 1997 – 10 June 2002 | |
Preceded by | Himself (President of the National Transitional Council) |
Succeeded by | Karim Younes |
Personal details | |
Born | Fellaoucene, Algeria | 24 November 1941
Died | 22 September 2021 Algiers, Algeria | (aged 79)
Political party | National Liberation Front (1959–1997) Democratic National Rally (1997–2019) |
Abdelkader Bensalah (
He served as the
After President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who had ruled the country for 20 years, resigned in April 2019, Bensalah served as the Acting Head of State of Algeria until Abdelmadjid Tebboune took office after winning the presidential election in December 2019.
Political career
After working in Beirut to direct the Algerian Center for Information and Culture from 1970 to 1974, Bensalah returned to Algeria to work as a journalist at the state newspaper El Chaâb for three years, before being elected to represent the Tlemcen Province in 1977. Twelve years later, he was appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a position he held until 1993.[1][2]
As a member of the centrist
From July 2002 to April 2019, he served as President of the
As provided for under article 102 of the
Personal life and death
Abdelkader Bensalah was born on 24 November 1941, in Felaoussene, close to Tlemcen,[11] then part of French Algeria.
Bensalah died from cancer at the Aïn Nadja Military Hospital in Algiers on 22 September 2021, aged 79, with his health worsening after contracting COVID-19.[12] His death, which occurred just five days after the death of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was announced by the Office of the President.[13] Flags were ordered to fly at half-mast for three days in mourning.[14] He was buried at the El Alia Cemetery on 23 September.[15]
Honours
National honour
- - the National Order of Merit with rank of Sadr [9][10]
References
- ^ a b Hana Saada (27 March 2019). "Algeria: Who is Abdelkader Bensalah, the future head of state?". DZ Breaking. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Abdelkader Bensalah, un fidèle de Bouteflika qui va assurer l'intérim en Algérie". Le Monde (in French). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "ALGERIA: parliamentary elections Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani, 1997". archive.ipu.org.
- ^ "Algérie : qui est Abdelkader Bensalah, l'homme qui devrait prendre la succession d'Abdelaziz Bouteflika après sa démission ?". LCI. 9 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah". France 24. 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah". France 24. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Algeria protest: Abdelkader Bensalah named interim president". BBC. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Algerian Constitutional Council declares presidency vacant". TASS. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ a b "تبون يمنح وسام الاستحقاق "صدر" لعبد القادر بن صالح". ennaharonline.com (in Arabic). 19 December 2019.
- ^ a b "President Tebboune awards Order of National Merit with rank of Sadr to Bensalah, Gaid Salah". Algeria Press Services. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "السيرة الذاتية للسيد عبد القادر بن صالح رئيس مجلس الأمة". Site officiel du conseil de la nation. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ Zeidane, Karim (22 September 2021). "Algérie: décès de l'ancien président de la transition Abdelkader Bensalah" [Algeria: Death of former transitional president Abdelkader Bensalah]. Le360 (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Algeria's ex-interim president Abdelkader Bensalah dies at 79". The National. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Allal, Mohamed (22 September 2021). "وفاة الرئيس الجزائري السابق عبد القادر بن صالح" [The death of former Algerian President Abdelkader Bensalah]. Sky News Arabia (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Abdelkader Bensalah inhumé au cimetière d'El-Alia" [Abdelkader Bensalah buried in El-Alia cemetery]. Algeria Press Service (in French). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.