Ahmed Ouyahia

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Ahmed Ouyahia (2011)

Ahmed Ouyahia ( Kabyle : ⴰⵃⵎⴻⴷ ⵓⵢⴰⵃⵢⴰ , Arabic أحمد أويحيى, DMG Aḥmad Ūyaḥyā ; * July 2, 1952 in Iboudraren near Beni Yenni ) is an Algerian politician. He was Prime Minister four times.

After Ouyahia had studied political science in Algiers and completed his military service, he first entered the diplomatic service. From 1992 to 1993 he was the Algerian ambassador to Mali . He then served first as State Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Redha Malek and then in the cabinet of President Liamine Zéroual .

On December 31, 1995, he was appointed Prime Minister. After about three years in office, he resigned on December 15, 1998. From 1999 to 2002 he was Minister of Justice under President Abd al-Aziz Bouteflika . From May 5, 2003 to May 25, 2006 and from June 23, 2008 to September 3, 2012, he held the post of Prime Minister for a second and third time. On August 16, 2017, he was reappointed Prime Minister by President Bouteflika, succeeding Abdelmadjid Tebboune . He resigned on March 11, 2019, the office of the previous Interior Minister Noureddine Bedoui took over .

During his first term as prime minister, Ouyahia was one of the founding members of the Rassemblement national démocratique party . From 2000 to 2013 he was its general secretary.

Ouyahia was summoned to court in mid-April 2019 as part of an anti-corruption campaign. In June, he and his former colleague Abdelmalek Sellal were arrested on charges of corruption. Charged with abuse of power and wasting public funds in early December, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison on December 10th.

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  1. ↑ Algeria's prime minister dismissed after three months . In: The press . August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hans-Christian Rößler: President Bouteflika gives in to the pressure of the street. FAZ.net , March 11, 2019, accessed on the same day.
  3. ^ Algeria's ex-head of government summoned to court. zeit.de , April 20, 2019, accessed on April 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ Trial against Ex-Premiers sueddeutsche.de , December 4, 2019, accessed on July 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ Algeria - Court sentences former heads of government to prison terms Maghreb Post, December 10, 2019, accessed on July 12, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Ouyahia, Ahmed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES أحمد أويحيى (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Algerian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd July 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Iboudraren at Beni Yenni