Abdelmalek Sellal (Arabic: عبد المالك سلال, romanized: ʿAbd al-Mālik Silāl; born 1 August 1948) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 3 September 2012 to 13 March 2014 when he took a leave of office to support President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's re-election campaign and again from April 2014 to May 2017.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Prime Minister Sellal and Farida Sellal in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, 5 August 2014.
Sellal worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and was posted in Budapest as Ambassador to Hungary from 1996 to 1997. Subsequently, he was appointed to the government, serving as Minister of the Interior from 1998 to 1999, Minister of Youth and Sports from 1999 to 2001, Minister of Public Works from 2001 to 2002, Minister of Transport from 2002 to 2004, and Minister of Water Resources from 2004 to 2012.[citation needed]
Sellal was appointed as Prime Minister by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on 3 September 2012.[2] Sellal is regarded as a technocrat and was involved in Bouteflika's presidential election campaigns in 2004 and 2009.[3] He replaced Ahmed Ouyahia as Prime Minister.[4]
Sellal stepped down in March 2014 in order to lead the re-election campaign of the ailing President Bouteflika. After Bouteflika's victory, he reappointed Sellal as Prime Minister on 28 April 2014.
In June 2019, Sellal was remanded in custody by the country's supreme court as part of an anti-corruption investigation.[5]
In December 2019, he was sentenced to 15 years in jail.[6]
In February 2022, Abdelmalek Sellal was hospitalized at the CHU Mustapha-Pacha in Algiers for contamination with the Omicron variant of covid-19 and had health problems related to the latter.
abdelmalek, sellal, arabic, عبد, المالك, سلال, romanized, ʿabd, mālik, silāl, born, august, 1948, algerian, politician, prime, minister, algeria, from, september, 2012, march, 2014, when, took, leave, office, support, president, abdelaziz, bouteflika, election. Abdelmalek Sellal Arabic عبد المالك سلال romanized ʿAbd al Malik Silal born 1 August 1948 is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 3 September 2012 to 13 March 2014 when he took a leave of office to support President Abdelaziz Bouteflika s re election campaign and again from April 2014 to May 2017 Abdelmalek Sellalعبد المالك سلالPrime Minister of AlgeriaIn office 29 April 2014 25 May 2017PresidentAbdelaziz BouteflikaPreceded byYoucef Yousfi Acting Succeeded byAbdelmadjid TebbouneIn office 3 September 2012 13 March 2014PresidentAbdelaziz BouteflikaPreceded byAhmed OuyahiaSucceeded byYoucef Yousfi Acting Personal detailsBorn 1948 08 01 1 August 1948 age 75 Constantine AlgeriaPolitical partyNational Liberation Front 1968 present SpouseFarida SellalChildren3 Contents 1 Life and career 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLife and career EditSellal was born on 1 August 1948 1 in Constantine Algeria nbsp President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Prime Minister Sellal and Farida Sellal in the Blue Room during a U S Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House 5 August 2014 Sellal worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and was posted in Budapest as Ambassador to Hungary from 1996 to 1997 Subsequently he was appointed to the government serving as Minister of the Interior from 1998 to 1999 Minister of Youth and Sports from 1999 to 2001 Minister of Public Works from 2001 to 2002 Minister of Transport from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of Water Resources from 2004 to 2012 citation needed Sellal was appointed as Prime Minister by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on 3 September 2012 2 Sellal is regarded as a technocrat and was involved in Bouteflika s presidential election campaigns in 2004 and 2009 3 He replaced Ahmed Ouyahia as Prime Minister 4 Sellal stepped down in March 2014 in order to lead the re election campaign of the ailing President Bouteflika After Bouteflika s victory he reappointed Sellal as Prime Minister on 28 April 2014 In June 2019 Sellal was remanded in custody by the country s supreme court as part of an anti corruption investigation 5 In December 2019 he was sentenced to 15 years in jail 6 In March 2020 an appeals court upheld his sentence 7 In February 2022 Abdelmalek Sellal was hospitalized at the CHU Mustapha Pacha in Algiers for contamination with the Omicron variant of covid 19 and had health problems related to the latter See also EditCabinet of AlgeriaReferences Edit Prime ministers of Algeria Rulers Retrieved 27 January 2013 Le nouveau Premier ministre algerien s engage a poursuivre les reformes Liberation in French 4 September 2012 Archived from the original on 3 February 2015 Retrieved 5 September 2012 AFP Water minister Abdelmalek Sellal named new Algeria PM Ahramonline 4 September 2012 Algeria s new PM takes office Gulf News Algiers AFP 5 September 2012 Retrieved 27 January 2013 Abdelmalek Sellal remanded in custody APS 13 June 2019 Retrieved 14 June 2019 Ahmed Hamid Ould 10 December 2019 Two days before election Algeria jails two ex prime ministers Reuters Ahmed Hamid Ould 25 March 2020 Algeria confirms jail sentences for two former PMs Reuters dead link External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abdelmalek Sellal Political officesPreceded byAhmed Ouyahia Prime Minister of Algeria2012 2014 Succeeded byYoucef YousfiActingPreceded byYoucef YousfiActing Prime Minister of Algeria2014 2017 Succeeded byAbdelmadjid Tebboune nbsp This article about an Algerian politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abdelmalek Sellal amp oldid 1123337562, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
