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{{Short description|Algerian politician (1941–2021)}}
{{Short description|Algerian politician (1941–2021)}}
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|name = Abdelkader Bensalah
| name = Abdelkader Bensalah
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ar|عبد القـادر بن صالح}}}}
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ar|عبد القـادر بن صالح}}}}
|native_name_lang = ar
| native_name_lang = ar
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|image = Abdelkader Bensalah 18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Baku (cropped).jpg
| image = Abdelkader Bensalah 18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Baku (cropped).jpg
|caption = Bensalah in 2019
| caption = Bensalah in 2019
|office = [[List of heads of state of Algeria|Head of State of Algeria]]
| office = [[List of heads of state of Algeria|Head of State of Algeria]]
|term_label = Acting
| term_label = Acting
|term_start = 9 April 2019
| term_start = 9 April 2019
|term_end = 19 December 2019
| term_end = 19 December 2019
|primeminister = [[Noureddine Bedoui]]
| primeminister = [[Noureddine Bedoui]]
|predecessor = [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] <br /> {{small|(President)}}
| predecessor = [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] <br /> {{small|(President)}}
|successor = [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]] <br /> {{small|(President)}}
| successor = [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]] <br /> {{small|(President)}}
|office1 = [[List of Presidents of the Council of the Nation (Algeria)|President]] of the [[Council of the Nation]]
| office1 = [[List of Presidents of the Council of the Nation (Algeria)|President]] of the [[Council of the Nation]]
|term_start1 = 2 July 2002
| term_start1 = 2 July 2002
|term_end1 = 9 April 2019
| term_end1 = 9 April 2019
|predecessor1 = Bachir Boumaza
| predecessor1 = Bachir Boumaza
|successor1 = [[Salah Goudjil]] <br /> {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor1 = [[Salah Goudjil]] <br /> {{small|(Acting)}}
|office2 = [[List of Presidents of the People's National Assembly (Algeria)|President]] of the [[People's National Assembly]]
| office2 = [[List of Presidents of the People's National Assembly (Algeria)|President]] of the [[People's National Assembly]]
|term_start2 = 14 June 1997
| term_start2 = 14 June 1997
|term_end2 = 10 June 2002
| term_end2 = 10 June 2002
|predecessor2 = Himself <br /> {{small|(President of the National Transitional Council)}}
| predecessor2 = Himself <br /> {{small|(President of the National Transitional Council)}}
|successor2 = Karim Younes
| successor2 = Karim Younes
|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|11|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Fellaoucene]], [[Algeria]]
| birth_place = [[Fellaoucene]], [[French Algeria]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|22|1941|11|24|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|22|1941|11|24|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Algiers]], Algeria
| death_place = [[Algiers]], Algeria
|nationality = Algerian
| nationality = Algerian
|party = [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]] (1959–1997)<br />[[Democratic National Rally]] (1997–2019)
| party = [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]] (1959–1997)<br />[[Democratic National Rally]] (1997–2019)
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'''Abdelkader Bensalah''' ({{lang-ar|عبد القـادر بن صالح|ʿAbd āl-Qādar bin Ṣāliḥ}}, 24 November 1941 – 22 September 2021) was an Algerian politician.
'''Abdelkader Bensalah''' ({{langx|ar|عبد القـادر بن صالح|ʿAbd āl-Qādar bin Ṣāliḥ}}, 24 November 1941 – 22 September 2021) was an [[Algerians|Algerian]] [[politician]].


He served as the [[List of Presidents of the Council of the Nation (Algeria)|President]] of the [[Council of the Nation]], the upper house of the bicameral [[Parliament of Algeria]], between 2002 and 2019.
He served as the [[List of Presidents of the Council of the Nation (Algeria)|President]] of the [[Council of the Nation]], the upper house of the bicameral [[Parliament of Algeria]], between 2002 and 2019.
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== Political career ==
== Political career ==
After working in [[Beirut]] to direct the Algerian Center for Information and Culture from 1970 to 1974, Bensalah returned to Algeria to work as a journalist at the state newspaper ''El Chaâb'' for three years, before being elected to represent the [[Tlemcen Province]] in 1977. Twelve years later, he was appointed Ambassador to [[Saudi Arabia]], a position he held until 1993.<ref name="Saada">{{cite web|website=DZ Breaking|author=Hana Saada|date=27 March 2019|access-date=4 April 2019|url=https://www.dzbreaking.com/2019/03/27/algeria-abdelkader-bensalah-future-head-state/|title=Algeria: Who is Abdelkader Bensalah, the future head of state?}}</ref><ref name=Monde>{{cite news|title=Abdelkader Bensalah, un fidèle de Bouteflika qui va assurer l'intérim en Algérie|newspaper=Le Monde|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2019/04/03/demission-de-bouteflika-en-algerie-qui-est-abdelkader-bensalah-qui-assure-l-interim_5445350_3212.html|date=4 April 2019|access-date=4 April 2019|language=fr}}</ref>
After working in [[Beirut]] to direct the Algerian Center for Information and Culture from 1970 to 1974, Bensalah returned to Algeria to work as a [[journalist]] at the state newspaper ''El Chaâb'' for three years, before being elected to represent the [[Tlemcen Province]] in 1977. Twelve years later, he was appointed Ambassador to [[Saudi Arabia]], a position he held until 1993.<ref name="Saada">{{cite web|website=DZ Breaking|author=Hana Saada|date=27 March 2019|access-date=4 April 2019|url=https://www.dzbreaking.com/2019/03/27/algeria-abdelkader-bensalah-future-head-state/|title=Algeria: Who is Abdelkader Bensalah, the future head of state?|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127085421/https://www.dzbreaking.com/2019/03/27/algeria-abdelkader-bensalah-future-head-state/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Monde>{{cite news|title=Abdelkader Bensalah, un fidèle de Bouteflika qui va assurer l'intérim en Algérie|newspaper=Le Monde|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2019/04/03/demission-de-bouteflika-en-algerie-qui-est-abdelkader-bensalah-qui-assure-l-interim_5445350_3212.html|date=4 April 2019|access-date=4 April 2019|language=fr|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403233350/https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2019/04/03/demission-de-bouteflika-en-algerie-qui-est-abdelkader-bensalah-qui-assure-l-interim_5445350_3212.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


As a member of the centrist [[Democratic National Rally]] (RND), he was [[List of Presidents of the People's National Assembly (Algeria)|President]] of the National Transitional Council from 1994 to 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2003_97.htm|title=ALGERIA: parliamentary elections Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani, 1997|website=archive.ipu.org}}</ref> and of the [[People's National Assembly (Algeria)|People's National Assembly]] from 1997 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lci.fr/international/algerie-qui-est-abdelkader-bensalah-l-homme-qui-devrait-prendre-la-succession-d-abdelaziz-bouteflika-apres-sa-demission-2116658.html|title=Algérie : qui est Abdelkader Bensalah, l'homme qui devrait prendre la succession d'Abdelaziz Bouteflika après sa démission ?|website=LCI|date=9 April 2019 }}</ref>
As a member of the centrist [[Democratic National Rally]] (RND), he was [[List of Presidents of the People's National Assembly (Algeria)|President]] of the National Transitional Council from 1994 to 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2003_97.htm|title=ALGERIA: parliamentary elections Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani, 1997|website=archive.ipu.org|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401163549/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2003_97.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and of the [[People's National Assembly (Algeria)|People's National Assembly]] from 1997 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lci.fr/international/algerie-qui-est-abdelkader-bensalah-l-homme-qui-devrait-prendre-la-succession-d-abdelaziz-bouteflika-apres-sa-demission-2116658.html|title=Algérie : qui est Abdelkader Bensalah, l'homme qui devrait prendre la succession d'Abdelaziz Bouteflika après sa démission ?|website=LCI|date=9 April 2019|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403024940/https://www.lci.fr/international/algerie-qui-est-abdelkader-bensalah-l-homme-qui-devrait-prendre-la-succession-d-abdelaziz-bouteflika-apres-sa-demission-2116658.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


From July 2002 to April 2019, he served as President of the [[Council of the Nation]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of Algeria|parliament]].<ref name="Saada"/> He replaced [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] for some presidential duties, like welcoming foreign leaders to Algeria, during the last part of the former President's tenure.<ref name="France 24">{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah|title=Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah|date=2 April 2019|publisher=France 24}}</ref> He was a strong ally of the latter, supporting his fifth candidacy even during the [[2019 Algerian protests]].<ref name="France 24" />
From July 2002 to April 2019, he served as President of the [[Council of the Nation]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of Algeria|parliament]].<ref name="Saada"/> He replaced [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] for some presidential duties, like welcoming foreign leaders to Algeria, during the last part of the former President's tenure.<ref name="France 24">{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah|title=Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah|date=2 April 2019|publisher=France 24|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-date=21 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121011626/https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a strong ally of the latter, supporting his fifth candidacy even during the [[2019 Algerian protests]].<ref name="France 24" />


As provided for under article 102 of the [[Algerian Constitution]], he became acting Head of State of Algeria on 9 April 2019, seven days after the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |publisher=France 24 |title=Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=2 April 2019 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=BBC |title=Algeria protest: Abdelkader Bensalah named interim president |date=9 April 2019 |access-date=9 April 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47868262}}</ref> His term lasted for a maximum of 90 days while the [[2019 Algerian presidential election|presidential election]] should have been held. By law, he was barred from participating in that election.<ref name=Monde /><ref name=TASS2019-04-03a>{{cite web |title=Algerian Constitutional Council declares presidency vacant|url=http://tass.com/world/1051951 |date= 3 April 2019|access-date=4 April 2019 |agency=[[TASS]]}}</ref> On 19 December 2019, he received the [[National Order of Merit (Algeria)|National Order of Merit]] from President [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]].<ref name="NatlOrderMerit20191218">{{cite web|url=https://www.ennaharonline.com/%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AD-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82/|title=تبون يمنح وسام الاستحقاق "صدر" لعبد القادر بن صالح|website=ennaharonline.com|language=ar|date=19 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=Sadr/>
As provided for under article 102 of the [[Algerian Constitution]], he became acting Head of State of Algeria on 9 April 2019, seven days after the resignation of [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news |publisher=France 24 |title=Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=2 April 2019 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah |archive-date=21 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121011626/https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=BBC |title=Algeria protest: Abdelkader Bensalah named interim president |date=9 April 2019 |access-date=9 April 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47868262 |archive-date=10 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210225641/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47868262 |url-status=live }}</ref> His term lasted for a maximum of 90 days while the [[2019 Algerian presidential election|presidential election]] should have been held. By law, he was barred from participating in that election.<ref name=Monde /><ref name=TASS2019-04-03a>{{cite web|title=Algerian Constitutional Council declares presidency vacant|url=http://tass.com/world/1051951|date=3 April 2019|access-date=4 April 2019|agency=[[TASS]]|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404104851/http://tass.com/world/1051951|url-status=live}}</ref> On 19 December 2019, he received the [[National Order of Merit (Algeria)|National Order of Merit]] from President [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]].<ref name="NatlOrderMerit20191218">{{cite web|url=https://www.ennaharonline.com/%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AD-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82/|title=تبون يمنح وسام الاستحقاق "صدر" لعبد القادر بن صالح|website=ennaharonline.com|language=ar|date=19 December 2019|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220145310/https://www.ennaharonline.com/%d8%aa%d8%a8%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%86%d8%ad-%d9%88%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Sadr/>


==Personal life and death==
==Personal life and death==
Abdelkader Bensalah was born on 24 November 1941, in Felaoussene, close to [[Tlemcen]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.majliselouma.dz/index.php/ar/2016-07-19-12-34-56/2016-09-06-13-44-47|title=السيرة الذاتية للسيد عبد القادر بن صالح رئيس مجلس الأمة|website=Site officiel du conseil de la nation|access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref><ref>https://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2015/02/28/article.php?sid=175294&cid=2</ref> then part of [[French Algeria]].
Abdelkader Bensalah was born on 24 November 1941, in Felaoussene, close to [[Tlemcen]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.majliselouma.dz/index.php/ar/2016-07-19-12-34-56/2016-09-06-13-44-47|title=السيرة الذاتية للسيد عبد القادر بن صالح رئيس مجلس الأمة|website=Site officiel du conseil de la nation|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326163521/http://www.majliselouma.dz/index.php/ar/2016-07-19-12-34-56/2016-09-06-13-44-47|url-status=live}}</ref> then part of [[French Algeria]].


Bensalah died from cancer at the {{Ill|Aïn Nadja Military Hospital|fr|Hôpital militaire d'Aïn Naadja|lt=Aïn Nadja Military Hospital}} in Algiers on 22 September 2021, aged 79, with his health worsening after contracting [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://afrique.le360.ma/algerie/politique/2021/09/22/35515-algerie-deces-de-lancien-president-de-la-transition-abdelkader-bensaleh-35515|title=Algérie: décès de l'ancien président de la transition Abdelkader Bensalah|trans-title=Algeria: Death of former transitional president Abdelkader Bensalah|first=Karim|last=Zeidane|work=Le360|date=22 September 2021|access-date=22 September 2021|language=fr|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102135512/https://afrique.le360.ma/algerie/politique/2021/09/22/35515-algerie-deces-de-lancien-president-de-la-transition-abdelkader-bensaleh-35515|url-status=dead}}</ref> His death, which occurred just five days after the death of [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], was announced by the Office of the President.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/09/22/algerias-ex-interim-president-abdelkader-bensalah-dies-at-79/|title=Algeria's ex-interim president Abdelkader Bensalah dies at 79|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|date=22 September 2021|access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref> Flags were ordered to fly at [[half-mast]] for three days in mourning.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1465411-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%94%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%94%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD|title=وفاة الرئيس الجزائري السابق عبد القادر بن صالح|trans-title=The death of former Algerian President Abdelkader Bensalah|work=[[Sky News Arabia]]|first=Mohamed|last=Allal|date=22 September 2021|access-date=22 September 2021|language=ar}}</ref> He was buried at the [[El Alia Cemetery]] on 23 September.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aps.dz/algerie/127807-abdelkader-bensalah-inhume-au-cimetiere-d-el-alia|title=Abdelkader Bensalah inhumé au cimetière d'El-Alia|trans-title=Abdelkader Bensalah buried in El-Alia cemetery|work=[[Algeria Press Service]]|date=23 September 2021|access-date=23 September 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
Bensalah died from cancer at the {{Ill|Aïn Nadja Military Hospital|fr|Hôpital militaire d'Aïn Naadja|lt=Aïn Nadja Military Hospital}} in Algiers on 22 September 2021, aged 79, with his health worsening after contracting [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://afrique.le360.ma/algerie/politique/2021/09/22/35515-algerie-deces-de-lancien-president-de-la-transition-abdelkader-bensaleh-35515|title=Algérie: décès de l'ancien président de la transition Abdelkader Bensalah|trans-title=Algeria: Death of former transitional president Abdelkader Bensalah|first=Karim|last=Zeidane|work=Le360|date=22 September 2021|access-date=22 September 2021|language=fr|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102135512/https://afrique.le360.ma/algerie/politique/2021/09/22/35515-algerie-deces-de-lancien-president-de-la-transition-abdelkader-bensaleh-35515|url-status=dead}}</ref> His death, which occurred just five days after the death of [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], was announced by the Office of the President.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/09/22/algerias-ex-interim-president-abdelkader-bensalah-dies-at-79/|title=Algeria's ex-interim president Abdelkader Bensalah dies at 79|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|date=22 September 2021|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922230929/https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/09/22/algerias-ex-interim-president-abdelkader-bensalah-dies-at-79/|url-status=live}}</ref> Flags were ordered to fly at [[half-mast]] for three days in mourning.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1465411-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%94%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%94%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD|title=وفاة الرئيس الجزائري السابق عبد القادر بن صالح|trans-title=The death of former Algerian President Abdelkader Bensalah|work=[[Sky News Arabia]]|first=Mohamed|last=Allal|date=22 September 2021|access-date=22 September 2021|language=ar|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922220731/https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1465411-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD|url-status=live}}</ref> He was buried at the [[El Alia Cemetery]] on 23 September.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aps.dz/algerie/127807-abdelkader-bensalah-inhume-au-cimetiere-d-el-alia|title=Abdelkader Bensalah inhumé au cimetière d'El-Alia|trans-title=Abdelkader Bensalah buried in El-Alia cemetery|work=[[Algeria Press Service]]|date=23 September 2021|access-date=23 September 2021|language=fr|archive-date=23 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923182334/https://www.aps.dz/algerie/127807-abdelkader-bensalah-inhume-au-cimetiere-d-el-alia|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Honours ==
== Honours ==


===National honour===
===National honour===
* [[File:National Order of Merit - Athir v.1 (Algeria) - ribbon bar.gif|50px]] - the [[National Order of Merit (Algeria)|National Order of Merit]] with rank of Sadr <ref name="NatlOrderMerit20191218"/><ref name=Sadr>{{cite news |title=President Tebboune awards Order of National Merit with rank of Sadr to Bensalah, Gaid Salah |url=https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/32349-president-tebboune-awards-order-of-national-merit-with-rank-of-sadr-to-bensalah-gaid-salah |access-date=25 September 2021 |agency=Algeria Press Services |date=19 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[File:National Order of Merit - Athir v.1 (Algeria) - ribbon bar.gif|50px]] - the [[National Order of Merit (Algeria)|National Order of Merit]] with rank of Sadr <ref name="NatlOrderMerit20191218"/><ref name=Sadr>{{cite news |title=President Tebboune awards Order of National Merit with rank of Sadr to Bensalah, Gaid Salah |url=https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/32349-president-tebboune-awards-order-of-national-merit-with-rank-of-sadr-to-bensalah-gaid-salah |access-date=25 September 2021 |agency=Algeria Press Services |date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925183316/https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/32349-president-tebboune-awards-order-of-national-merit-with-rank-of-sadr-to-bensalah-gaid-salah |url-status=live }}</ref>


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Abdelkader Bensalah
عبد القـادر بن صالح
Bensalah in 2019
Head of State of Algeria
Acting
9 April 2019 – 19 December 2019
Prime MinisterNoureddine Bedoui
Preceded byAbdelaziz Bouteflika
(President)
Succeeded byAbdelmadjid Tebboune
(President)
President of the Council of the Nation
In office
2 July 2002 – 9 April 2019
Preceded byBachir Boumaza
Succeeded bySalah Goudjil
(Acting)
President of the People's National Assembly
In office
14 June 1997 – 10 June 2002
Preceded byHimself
(President of the National Transitional Council)
Succeeded byKarim Younes
Personal details
Born(1941-11-24)24 November 1941
Fellaoucene, French Algeria
Died22 September 2021(2021-09-22) (aged 79)
Algiers, Algeria
Political partyNational Liberation Front (1959–1997)
Democratic National Rally (1997–2019)

Abdelkader Bensalah (Arabic: عبد القـادر بن صالح, romanized: ʿAbd āl-Qādar bin Ṣāliḥ, 24 November 1941 – 22 September 2021) was an Algerian politician.

He served as the President of the Council of the Nation, the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Algeria, between 2002 and 2019.

After President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who had ruled the country for 20 years, resigned in April 2019, Bensalah served as the Acting Head of State of Algeria until Abdelmadjid Tebboune took office after winning the presidential election in December 2019.

Political career

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After working in Beirut to direct the Algerian Center for Information and Culture from 1970 to 1974, Bensalah returned to Algeria to work as a journalist at the state newspaper El Chaâb for three years, before being elected to represent the Tlemcen Province in 1977. Twelve years later, he was appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a position he held until 1993.[1][2]

As a member of the centrist Democratic National Rally (RND), he was President of the National Transitional Council from 1994 to 1997[3] and of the People's National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.[4]

From July 2002 to April 2019, he served as President of the Council of the Nation, the upper house of the parliament.[1] He replaced Abdelaziz Bouteflika for some presidential duties, like welcoming foreign leaders to Algeria, during the last part of the former President's tenure.[5] He was a strong ally of the latter, supporting his fifth candidacy even during the 2019 Algerian protests.[5]

As provided for under article 102 of the Algerian Constitution, he became acting Head of State of Algeria on 9 April 2019, seven days after the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[6][7] His term lasted for a maximum of 90 days while the presidential election should have been held. By law, he was barred from participating in that election.[2][8] On 19 December 2019, he received the National Order of Merit from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.[9][10]

Personal life and death

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Abdelkader Bensalah was born on 24 November 1941, in Felaoussene, close to Tlemcen,[11] then part of French Algeria.

Bensalah died from cancer at the Aïn Nadja Military Hospital [fr] in Algiers on 22 September 2021, aged 79, with his health worsening after contracting COVID-19.[12] His death, which occurred just five days after the death of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was announced by the Office of the President.[13] Flags were ordered to fly at half-mast for three days in mourning.[14] He was buried at the El Alia Cemetery on 23 September.[15]

Honours

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National honour

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hana Saada (27 March 2019). "Algeria: Who is Abdelkader Bensalah, the future head of state?". DZ Breaking. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Abdelkader Bensalah, un fidèle de Bouteflika qui va assurer l'intérim en Algérie". Le Monde (in French). 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  3. ^ "ALGERIA: parliamentary elections Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani, 1997". archive.ipu.org. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Algérie : qui est Abdelkader Bensalah, l'homme qui devrait prendre la succession d'Abdelaziz Bouteflika après sa démission ?". LCI. 9 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah". France 24. 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah". France 24. 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Algeria protest: Abdelkader Bensalah named interim president". BBC. 9 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Algerian Constitutional Council declares presidency vacant". TASS. 3 April 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b "تبون يمنح وسام الاستحقاق "صدر" لعبد القادر بن صالح". ennaharonline.com (in Arabic). 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  10. ^ a b "President Tebboune awards Order of National Merit with rank of Sadr to Bensalah, Gaid Salah". Algeria Press Services. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  11. ^ "السيرة الذاتية للسيد عبد القادر بن صالح رئيس مجلس الأمة". Site officiel du conseil de la nation. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  12. ^ Zeidane, Karim (22 September 2021). "Algérie: décès de l'ancien président de la transition Abdelkader Bensalah" [Algeria: Death of former transitional president Abdelkader Bensalah]. Le360 (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Algeria's ex-interim president Abdelkader Bensalah dies at 79". The National. 22 September 2021. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  14. ^ Allal, Mohamed (22 September 2021). "وفاة الرئيس الجزائري السابق عبد القادر بن صالح" [The death of former Algerian President Abdelkader Bensalah]. Sky News Arabia (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Abdelkader Bensalah inhumé au cimetière d'El-Alia" [Abdelkader Bensalah buried in El-Alia cemetery]. Algeria Press Service (in French). 23 September 2021. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Head of State of Algeria
Acting
2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bachir Boumaza
 President of the Council of the Nation
2002–2019 		Succeeded by
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