Abdelmalek Sellal

Abdelmalek Sellal (2014)

Abdelmalek Sellal ( Arabic عبد المالك سلال, DMG ʿAbd al-Mālik Sallāl , * August 1, 1948 in Constantine , French Algeria ) was the Prime Minister of Algeria from 2012 to March 2014 and from April 28, 2014 to May 25, 2017 .

Life

Abdelmalek Sellal, a Sunni Muslim and member of the National Liberation Front (FLN), studied at the École nationale d'administration in Algiers . From 1996 to 1997 he was Algerian ambassador to Hungary , from 1998 to 1999 Minister of the Interior and the Environment, 1999 to 2001 Minister of Youth and Sports, 2001 to 2002 Minister of Public Works, 2002 to 2004 Minister of Transport and 2004 to 2009 and from May 28, 2010 to 2012 Minister for Water Resources. In 2004 and 2009 he was President Abd al-Aziz Bouteflika's campaign manager . After the parliamentary elections in 2012, he was appointed by President Bouteflika as his close confidante to succeed Ahmed Ouyahia . Sellal resigned on March 13, 2014 to lead the election campaign of President Bouteflika, who, after winning the election, reappointed him as Prime Minister on April 28, 2014. After the parliamentary elections in 2017 , President Bouteflika announced Abdelmadjid Tebboune as the next Prime Minister, Tebboune took over the office on May 25, 2017. In mid-June 2019, Sellal was arrested on suspicion of corruption. On December 10, 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Individual evidence

↑ Bouteflika appoints confidante as the new head of government. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , accessed on September 4, 2012 .
↑ Bouteflika appoints head of election campaign Sellal as prime minister. In: The Standard. April 28, 2014, accessed May 3, 2014 .
↑ Algeria's presidency names new prime minister: state media. In: reuters.com. Reuters , May 24, 2017, accessed July 22, 2017 .
↑ Algeria. Prime ministers. In: worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
↑ Ex-Prime Minister Sellal arrested. Spiegel Online, June 13, 2019, accessed on the same day.
^ Algeria jails two former prime ministers ahead of election. BBC News, December 10, 2019, accessed December 10, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sellal, Abdelmalek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sallal, Abd al-Malik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Algerian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 1, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Constantine , French Algeria

[1] Bouteflika appoints confidante as the new head of government. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , accessed on September 4, 2012 .

[2] Bouteflika appoints head of election campaign Sellal as prime minister. In: The Standard. April 28, 2014, accessed May 3, 2014 .

[3] Algeria's presidency names new prime minister: state media. In: reuters.com. Reuters , May 24, 2017, accessed July 22, 2017 .

[4] Algeria. Prime ministers. In: worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .

[5] Ex-Prime Minister Sellal arrested. Spiegel Online, June 13, 2019, accessed on the same day.

[6] Algeria jails two former prime ministers ahead of election. BBC News, December 10, 2019, accessed December 10, 2019 .