Smail Hamdani

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Smail Hamdani ( Arabic إسماعيل حمداني, DMG Ismāʿīl Ḥamdānī ; * March 11, 1930 in Guenzet , Bordj Bou Arreridj ; † February 7, 2017 in Djasr Kasentina ) was an Algerian politician and Prime Minister of Algeria from 1998 to 1999 .

Hamdani was born in 1930 in Guenzet, in the Bordj Bou Arréridj province in eastern Kabylia .

Hamdani fought against the colonial rule of the French during the Algerian War . After independence in 1962 he was head of cabinet of the provisional government under Abderrahmane Farès . He was then an advisor to the Algerian ambassador in Brussels until 1965 and then until 1970 the post of press spokesman for the foreign ministry and chief advisor for the country's diplomats. From 1970 to 1979 he was adviser to the president and general secretary of the single party FLN. He was then presidential advisor to Bendjedid Chadli until 1983 and served as ambassador to Europe (France, Sweden and Spain) for the following five years.

After massive unrest among the Berbers in June and July 1998 because the Berber languages ​​were not recognized as the official language, the head of state needed a new man to lead the government. He therefore appointed Hamdani on December 15, 1998 to succeed Ahmed Ouyahia as Prime Minister.

In the 1999 presidential elections, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected as a new head of state. This dismissed Hamdani on December 23, 1999 and replaced him with Ahmed Benbitour .

Hamdani died on the night of February 6th, 2017 in Djasr Kasentina , a suburb of Algiers .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c B. Schemmel: Hamdani, Smail. Rulers, accessed February 11, 2017 .
  2. ^ President appoints Smail Hamdani as new prime minister. BBC Monitoring International Reports (Algerian Radio) in the NewsLibrary of NewsBank, December 15, 1998, accessed on February 11, 2017 (the beginning of the article is freely accessible).
  3. ^ Algerian premier resigns - French report. AFP article in the NewsBank's NewsLibrary, December 23, 1999, accessed on February 11, 2017 (the beginning of the article is freely accessible).
  4. ^ Algérie: Décès de l'ancien Chef du gouvernement Smail Hamdani. Maghreb Emergent, February 7, 2017, accessed February 11, 2017 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Hamdani, Smail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES إسماعيل حمداني (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Algerian politician and prime minister (1998-1999)
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Guenzet , Bordj Bou Arreridj
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2017
Place of death Djasr Kasentina