Sid Ahmed Ghozali (; 31 March 1937 – 4 February 2025) was an Algerian politician who was the

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from 1991 to 1992.

Life and career

Ghozali was a member of the National Liberation Front party and an ally of President

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, under whom he served as head of

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from 1966 to 1977, when he became Minister of Energy and Industry. He was removed from this post by the new president Chadli Bendjedid in 1979, becoming

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to France, but was brought back in 1988 as

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until 1989, then

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until 1991. On 5 June 1991, he succeeded Mouloud Hamrouche as Prime Minister; he remained Prime Minister following the January 1992 resignation of Bendjedid and takeover by the military, but he resigned on 8 July that year, shortly after the assassination of Mohammed Boudiaf. He ran for president in the 1999 elections, and attempted to do so again in

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, but was disqualified by the Constitutional Council. Ghozali died in

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on 4 February 2025, at the age of 87.

Honours

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2024)

References

Sources

Maroc-Hebdo

L'Humanité

External links

* 1937 births 2025 deaths National Liberation Front (Algeria) politicians People from Maghnia Algerian expatriates in France Energy ministers of Algeria Finance ministers of Algeria Ministers of foreign affairs of Algeria Industry ministers of Algeria Prime ministers of Algeria 20th-century Algerian politicians Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun {{Algeria-politician-stub