At a glance
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- Maghreb
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Presidency in the Black Decade
Zéroual was appointed minister of defence on 10 July 1993, then head of state on 31 January 1994 in succession to Ali Kafi, chairman of the High Council of State, and was elected president of the republic on 16 November 1995. He governed Algeria through the heart of the civil war known as the Black Decade until 27 April 1999, when Abdelaziz Bouteflika succeeded him. {cite:source/wikipedia-liamine-zeroual-ar} {cite:source/wikipedia-liamine-zeroual-en}
Death
Liamine Zéroual died at the Aïn Naâdja Military Hospital in Algiers on 28 March 2026 — 9 Shawwal 1447 in the Arabic article's dating — aged eighty-four. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declared three days of national mourning; his body lay in state at the People's Palace in Algiers, and he was buried in the central cemetery at Bouzourane in Batna. {cite:source/wikipedia-liamine-zeroual-ar} {cite:source/wikipedia-liamine-zeroual-en}
Connections
- Died in
- Algiers
People and things also explored
Charles V's Algiers expedition (1541)· Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)· Aruj Barbarossa enters Algiers (1516)· Capture of the Peñón of Algiers (1529)· End of the beylerbey system in Algiers (995/1587)· The French Occupation of Algiers· Uluj Ali's bid to annex Morocco (989/1581)· Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Sources
- Liamine Zéroual — English Wikipedia
- Liamine Zéroual — Arabic Wikipedia
- Liamine Zéroual — Wikidata Q327127
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Liamine Zéroual”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/liamine-zeroual/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-27.