Belaid Abdessalam ( ar, بلعيد عبد السلام) (20 July 1928 – 27 June 2020) was an Algerian politician, who served as

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from 1992 to 1993.

Biography

Abdessalam was born in Dehamcha,

Sétif Province Sétif Province ( ar, ولاية سطيف, kab, Agezdu n Sṭif) is a province (''wilaya'') in north-eastern Algeria. Its capital and largest city is Sétif; the next largest city is El Eulma. There is also the World Heritage Site of Djémila ...

, Algeria on 20 July 1928. Abdessalam was a

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leader in the FLN during Algeria's struggle for

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from

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. He was minister of industry and power under the

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regime of

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, and his name was closely connected with the former Algerian state policy of building a base of

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through

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. Abdessalam served as Head of Government of Algeria from 8 July 1992 until 21 August 1993. He also hold the portfolio of

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. During his tenure, the

Algerian Civil War The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Is ...

with Islamist rebels intensified. On 27 June 2020, he died at Ain Naadja military hospital in

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, aged 91.

References

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