Lambarek Boumaarafi (born 1966 in Meskiana) is a former second lieutenant of the special intervention group (GIS) of the

Algerian Army french: Armée nationale populaire , image = ANP.png , alt = , caption = People's National Army emblem , image2 = , alt2 = , caption2 = , motto = ...

who, on 29 June 1992 in

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, killed the Algerian president

Mohamed Boudiaf Mohamed Boudiaf (23 June 1919 – 29 June 1992, ar, محمد بوضياف; ALA-LC: ''Muḥammad Bū-Ḍiyāf''), also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian political leader and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberat ...

. Twenty days after the assassination, a commission of inquiry named immediately after the assassination made its finding: it was a conspiracy. In support of this thesis, the six members of the commission, while noting that Boumaarafi had no "profile" of a

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acting on his own initiative, noted the criminal negligence of security services which facilitated the task of the killer. He was part of a special operations group (GIS) dependent on

Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité The Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) (Arabic: دائرة الإستعلام والأمن) (french: Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité) was the Algerian state intelligence service. Its existence dates back to the strug ...

(DRS) responsible for various law enforcement operations. A brigade which, theoretically, was not charged with ensuring the safety of President Boudiaf. This situation, and its confusing explanations, have cast doubt on the reasons that led his superiors to assign him that day where as the protection of the Algerian president. During the mutiny of Algiers

Serkadji prison Serkadji Prison, formerly Barberousse Prison, is a high-security prison in Algiers, Algeria; in 1995, about two-thirds of the 1,500 prisoners detained are (or were) accused or convicted of terrorism. History The Barberousse Prison was constructe ...

, in June 1995, that killed 100 people, including 96 prisoners, his disappearance was discussed. It was a false rumor. He is still in prison, and in June 2007, his father says that he was not the assassin.

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Assassins of heads of state Algerian prisoners and detainees 1966 births Living people Algerian People's National Army People from Oum El Bouaghi Province {{Algeria-bio-stub

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