Liamine Zéroual

Liamine Zéroual (in Arab الأمينزروال ) (in Tifinagh: ⵍⵉⴰⵎⵉⵏⵣⴻⵔⵓⴰⵍ) (1941 -) is a statesman Algérie N. Military of formation, it is promoted general armed forces of his country in 1988 and becomes Ministre for defense in 1993. Named in crisis period Head of State in 1994, he is elected of November 1995 in April 1999 president of the Algerian Republic.

Biography

Military formation

Liamine Zéroual was born on July 3rd, 1941 in a family chaoui from the tribe from Has Melloul of the Aurès to Batna. Registered in the elementary school of the Alleys (currently school Emir Abdelkader of the Alleys Ben Boulaïd), it takes part very early in the Guerre of Algeria; in 1957, 16 years old, it kills a French police officer, removes his weapon to him and joined the rows of the Armée with national release (ALN), military branches of the Front of national release (FLN), to fight the French Army . After the independence of Algeria, Liamine Zéroual leaves to follow a military formation to the Cairo in Egypt, then with Moscow in Soviet Union (1965-1966) and finally with Paris. Graduate of the military academy of Moscow and the school of war of Paris, it exerts various functions within the National popular army (ANP). Raised with the row of general in 1988, it is promoted with the head of the terrestrial forces in 1989. He is however thanked since 1990 by the president Chadli Bendjedid, in dissension, in particular with the general Khaled Nezzar, in connection with a plan of reorganization of the Algerian army. Liamine Zéroual is then transferred in Romania as ambassador of Algeria, but leaves the station quickly and turns over to settle in Batna by withdrawing public life.

Political director

In July 1993, he is recalled to the post of minister of national defense in the government of the High committee of State (HCE) created following the dismissal of president Chadli by the army and the interruption of the electoral process in January 1992, thus replacing Khaled Nezzar. Partisan of a dialog with all the political parties of the country to find “ a consensus solution with the crisis ”, it met several times the principal leaders of the Islamic front of the hello (MADE) imprisoned. Within the military command, between the “reconcilers” favorable to the dialog and the “éradicateurs” in favor of repression without fault against the islamist ones, the person of Liamine Zéroual seems a compromise, and it is for this reason that it is indicated on January 30th, 1994 with the report heading by the HCE, substitute Ali Kafi, to ensure the transitional period.

Presidency

Gaining the election, he is elected President of the Republic on November 16th, 1995 with 61,3% of the voices. Having made the acknowledgment of the failure of the bringing together with the moderate representatives of MADE dissolves, themselves exceeded by the emergence of important terrorist groups, fatal, like GIA, Liamine Zéroual breaks the dialog with the islamist and follows a policy of “ eradication of the terrorist groups ”

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