Ahmed Ouyahia
| Ahmed Ouyahia أحمد أويحيى |
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| Prime Minister of Algeria | |
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In office 23 June 2008 – 3 September 2012 |
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| President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| Preceded by | Abdelaziz Belkhadem |
| Succeeded by | Abdelmalek Sellal |
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In office 5 May 2003 – 24 May 2006 |
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| President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| Preceded by | Ali Benflis |
| Succeeded by | Abdelaziz Belkhadem |
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In office 31 December 1995 – 15 December 1998 |
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| President | Liamine Zéroual |
| Preceded by | Mokdad Sifi |
| Succeeded by | Smail Hamdani |
| Secretary General of the National Rally for Democracy | |
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Assumed office 10 June 2015 Acting: 10 June 2015 – 5 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Abdelkader Bensalah |
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In office 15 December 1998 – 5 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Liamine Zéroual |
| Succeeded by | Abdelkader Bensalah |
| Personal details | |
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2 July 1952 Iboudraren, Algeria |
| Political party | National Rally for Democracy |
| Religion | Islam |
Ahmed Ouyahia (Arabic: أحمد أويحيى) (born 2 July 1952) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 1995 to 1998, from 2003 to 2006, and from 2008 to 2012. A career diplomat, he also served as the minister of justice, and was one of the founders and former secretary general of the National Rally for Democracy party. He is considered by Western observers to be close to the military of Algeria and a member of the "eradicator" faction in the 1990s civil war against Islamist militants.
Ouyahia was born in the village of Bouadnane in Tizi Ouzou Province in the Kabylie region of Algeria on 2 July 1952. Following a primary education starting in Algiers, he followed a secondary education at the Lycee El Idrissi (El Idrissi High School) in Algiers. Ouyahia obtained his diploma of Baccalauréat ès-lettres in 1972.
In 1972, Ahmed Ouyahia joined the entry examination for the "École nationale d'administration" of Algiers. Having scored among the top three applicants, along with Ahmed Attaf, Ouyahia joined the École nationale d'administration and specialised in diplomacy. He graduated in 1976 and did his military service from 1976 to 1978, at the El Mouradia compound of the Algerian Presidency where he was a member of the press relations team.
In 1979, Ouyahia joined the ministry of foreign affairs and was assigned to the African affairs department. In 1980 he was named as an advisor for foreign affairs to the ambassador of Algeria in Ivory Coast, where he served until 1982. In 1982 he was assigned as a foreign affairs advisor to the head of the Permanent Mission of Algeria at the United Nations headquarters in New York. In 1988 Ouyahia became the general director of the African department of the foreign affairs ministry. From 1988 to 1989 Ouyahia was co-representative to the United Nations Security Council. He was an advisor to the minister of foreign affairs from 1990 to 1991.
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