Mourad Medelci
Mourad Medelci مراد مدلسي | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 4 June 2007 – 11 September 2013 | |
Preceded by | Mohammed Bedjaoui |
Succeeded by | Ramtane Lamamra |
Personal details | |
Born | University of Algiers | 30 April 1943
Mourad Medelci (
Early life
Born in
Political career
Medelci was Minister of Trade from 1988 to 1989 and Deputy Minister for the Budget from 1990 to 1991. He was again Minister of Trade from 1999 to 2001, then
After serving more than six years as Foreign Minister, Medelci was replaced by Ramtane Lamamra in the government named on 11 September 2013.[3] President Bouteflika instead appointed Medelci as President of the Constitutional Council on 15 September 2013. Medelci replaced Tayeb Belaiz, who had been appointed to the government as Minister of the Interior.[4]
Death
Medelci was very unwell in January 2019, he was hospitalised in Paris before being brought back to Algiers in the last week of January.[5] By 27 January, he was incapable of carrying out his role of president of the Constitutional Council just as it was preparing to oversee the 2019 Algerian presidential election.[6] Medelci died at approximately 1:30am on 28 January in Algiers.[5] He was buried the same day in Ben Aknoun cemetery.[5] The constitutional council, led by the vice-president will meet to discuss the situation.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Page at Algerian government website Archived 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Les argentiers de l'Algérie". Archived from the original on 27 June 2008.
- ^ "Algérie : Bouteflika remanie le gouvernement en vue de la présidentielle", Jeune Afrique, 12 September 2013 (in French).
- ^ Neila Latrous, Mourad Medelci est le nouveau président du Conseil constitutionnel", Algérie Focus, 16 September 2013 (in French).
- ^ a b c "Le président du conseil constitutionnel, Mourad Medelci, est mort". El Watan (in French). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Conseil constitutionnel: Mourad Medelci en état d'incapacité pour raison de santé?". HuffPost Maghreb (in French). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Algérie: décès du président du Conseil constitutionnel". La Libre (Belgium) (in French). Retrieved 28 January 2019.