Ali Kafi ( ar, علي كافي;

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: ''ʿAlī Kāfī''; 7 October 1928 – 16 April 2013) was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting

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from 1992 to 1994.

Early life

Ali Kafi was born in El Harrouch in 1928.

Career

Ali Kafi was one of the major figures of the Algerian underground forces that fought for independence from

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from 1954 to 1962. At that time he was promoted to the rank of colonel. Kafi was the Algerian ambassador to several countries, including

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and

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. He served as the chairman of the High Council of State (a military-backed collective

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) of

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from 2 July 1992 to 31 January 1994. He was selected as chairman after the assassination of Muhammad Boudiaf. The Council of State was intended as a transitional government during the civil war. The purpose of the council of state was to redirect the nation towards prosperity. The councils hard work was tarnished by the following president after Liamine Zeroual, Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, amidst corruption charges.

Death and burial

Kafi died at the age of 84 on 16 April 2013 in

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. His body was buried at

El-Alia cemetery El Alia Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة العالية ) is a cemetery in a suburb of Algiers in the commune of Oued Smar in Algeria. The name "El Alia" means in Arabic ''which is high'', but came from the surname of the donor of the land in 1928, ...

Honours

National honour

Grand Master of the National Order of Merit

References

1928 births 2013 deaths Presidents of Algeria National Liberation Front (Algeria) politicians Members of the National Liberation Front (Algeria) People from Skikda Province Ambassadors of Algeria to Egypt Ambassadors of Algeria to Italy Ambassadors of Algeria to Syria Ambassadors of Algeria to Iraq Burials in Algeria 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-politician-stub