Ahmed Gaid Salah
Ahmed Gaid Salah | |
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أحمد قايد صالح | |
Chief of Staff of the People's National Army | |
In office 3 August 2004 – 23 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Mohamed Lamari |
Succeeded by | Saïd Chengriha |
Minister of Defence (Acting) | |
In office 3 April 2019 – 23 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
Succeeded by | Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
Deputy Minister of Defense | |
In office 15 September 2013 – 23 December 2019 | |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Ahmed Gaid Salah (
Biography
On 26 March 2019, after months of unrelenting
In an effort to remove opposition, General Gaid Salah ordered the arrest of two former prime ministers as well as other former ministers and several business leaders who were close to presidential advisor Said Bouteflika. His actions at that point gained him a lot of public support. The anti-corruption activity that started in the second quarter of 2019 was used by the Algerian anti-government movement as an opportunity to demand that the military hand over power to a civilian government, a demand that was rejected by General Gaid Salah. Instead, General Gaid Salah said that only a presidential election could bring the country out of its political crisis.[5]
Death
Gaid Salah suffered a
Honours
- Collar of the National Order of Merit (Algeria)
- Medal of the Order of Military Merit (Algeria)
- Medal of Bravery (Algeria)
- Medal of Courage (Algeria)
- Medal of Honour (Algeria)
- Medal of Longevity and Exemplary Service (Algeria)
- Medal for participation in the Middle East Wars 1967 and 1973 (Algeria)[11]
- Commander of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia
References
- ^ "نائب وزير الدفاع الفريق قايد صالح في ذمة الله". النهار أونلاين. December 23, 2019.
- ^ a b "Algeria buries military chief, de facto ruler amid protests". Associated Press. 25 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-01-14. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Algerian Leader Bouteflika Resigns Under Pressure From Army". 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ "Algeria: Military Judiciary Sets Trial Date for Bouteflika Regime Figures". 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ "Algeria's army chief renews push for presidential election". 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ eddine, Ait Seddik Baha. "Décès du général de corps d'armée Ahmed Gaïd Salah". www.aps.dz.
- ^ "Ahmed Gaïd Salah hospitalisé, un proche annonce son décès". Radio M. December 23, 2019. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ^ "Algeria's powerful military chief Ahmed Gaid Salah dies". France 24. December 23, 2019.
- ^ "شاهد آخر ظهور لرئيس أركان الجيش الجزائري قبل وفاته". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 23 December 2019.
- ^ Chikhi, Lamine (25 December 2019). "Hundreds of thousands turn out to mourn Algeria's powerful army chief". Reuters. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ eddine, Ait Seddik Baha. "Le défunt Ahmed Gaid Salah: un moudjahid au riche parcours au service de l'ANP et de l'Algérie". www.aps.dz (in French). Retrieved 2020-10-28.