Belaid Abdessalam
{{Short description|Algerian politician (1928–2020)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Belaid Abdessalam
| office = Prime Minister of Algeria
| image = Belaid Abdesselam.jpg
| term_start = 8 July 1992
| term_end = 21 August 1993
| predecessor = Sid Ahmed Ghozali
| successor = Redha Malek
| president = Ali Kafi
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|7|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Dehamcha, Sétif, Algeria
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|27|1928|7|20|df=yes}}
| death_place = Algiers, Algeria
| native_name_lang = ar
| native_name = {{nobold|بلعيد عبد السلام}}
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Belaid Abdessalam ({{langx|ar|بلعيد عبد السلام}}; 20 July 1928 – 27 June 2020) was an Algerian politician, who served as Prime Minister from 1992 to 1993.
Biography
Abdessalam was born in Dehamcha, Sétif Province, Algeria on 20 July 1928.{{cite web|title=Abdessalam, Belaid|url=http://rulers.org/indexa1.html|publisher=Rulers|accessdate=13 March 2013}} Abdessalam was a nationalist leader in the FLN during Algeria's struggle for independence from France. He was minister of industry and power under the military regime of Houari Boumedienne, and his name was closely connected with the former Algerian state policy of building a base of heavy industry through planned economy. Abdessalam served as Head of Government of Algeria from 8 July 1992 until 21 August 1993. He also hold the portfolio of Minister of Finance.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mf.gov.dz/events/historic.htm |title=Les argentiers de l'Algérie |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627235418fw_/http://www.mf.gov.dz/events/historic.htm |archive-date=27 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}
During his tenure, the Algerian Civil War with Islamist rebels intensified.{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Belaid,+Abdessalem|title=Belaid, Abdessalem|publisher=Hutchinson Encyclopedia|accessdate=10 February 2010}}
On 27 June 2020, he died at Ain Naadja military hospital in Algiers, aged 91.{{Cite web|last=Slimani|first=Karima|title=Former Prime Minister Belaïd Abdessalam passes away|url=http://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/34704-former-prime-minister-belaid-abdessalam-passes-away|access-date=27 June 2020|website=aps.dz|language=en-gb}}{{cite web|url=https://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/le-moudjahid-belaid-abdesselam-tire-sa-reverence-341010|title=Le moudjahid Belaïd Abdesselam tire sa révérence|website=aps.dz|language=French|date=27 June 2020|access-date=27 June 2020|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627172452/https://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/le-moudjahid-belaid-abdesselam-tire-sa-reverence-341010|url-status=dead}}
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Category:People from Sétif Province
Category:Algerian People's Party politicians
Category:Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties politicians
Category:National Liberation Front (Algeria) politicians
Category:Algerian nationalists
Category:Prime ministers of Algeria
Category:Finance ministers of Algeria
Category:21st-century Algerian people
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