Biography of Abdelkader
Bensalah
From Abdelkader Bensalah (Arabic: عبد القـادر بن صالح,
born 24 November 1941) is an Algerian politician who serves as President
of the Council of the Nation since 2002 and as acting head
of state following the resignation
of Abdelaziz
Bouteflika in April 2019. Bensalah
will run Algeria for a period of 90 days during which a new presidential election will be held.
Abdelkader Bensalah was officially born on
24 Novembre 1941 in Felaoussene, close to Tlemcen (French Algeria).[1][2]Persistent rumours, which
he regularly denies, suggest he was born in Morocco and became an Algerian
citizen after the Algerian War of Independence.[3] After working in Beirut to direct the Algerian
Center for Information and Culture from 1970-1974, he returned to Algeria to
work as a journalist at the state newspaper El Chaâb for three years, before
being elected to represent the province of Tlemcen in 1977. Twelve years later,
he was appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a
position he held until 1993.[4][5]
As a member of the centrist Democratic National Rally (RND), he was President of the National
Transitional Council from 1994 to 1997[6] and of the People's National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.[7]
Since July 2002, he has served as President
of the Council of the Nation, the upper house of parliament.[4] He replaced Abdelaziz
Bouteflika for some presidential
duties, like welcoming foreign leaders to Algeria, during the last part of the
former President's tenure.[8] He was a strong ally of
the latter, supporting his fifth candidacy even during the 2019 Algerian protests.[8]
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.[9][10] His term can last for a
maximum of 90 days while the presidential election is held. By law, he
cannot participate in this election.[11][5]
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