1992 in Algeria

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Events from the year 1992 in Algeria

Incumbents

President – Chadli Bendjedid (until 11 January),^[1] then Abdelmalek Benhabyles (until 14 January),^[2]^[3] then Mohamed Boudiaf (until 29 June),^[4] then Ali Kafi ^[3]
Prime Minister – Sid Ahmed Ghozali (until 8 July) then Belaid Abdessalam ^[5]

Events

4 January – The National People's Assembly is dissolved.^[3]
January – Mohamed Boudiaf invited to become the president of Algeria, backed by the military.^[4]
9 February – Algerian Civil War: State of emergency announced by the government.^[6]
4 March – Islamic Salvation Front banned by the Court of Appeal.^[3]
26 August – A terrorist attack at Houari Boumedienne Airport kills 9 people and injures 128.^[6]
29 June – President Mohamed Boudiaf is assassinated.^[4]

Births

25 February – Zahia Dehar, lingerie designer
7 May – Abdelmalik Lahoulou, athlete^[7]

Deaths

29 June – Mohamed Boudiaf, politician (born 1919)^[4]

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References

↑ Conteh-Morgan, Earl (1994). "The Military and Human Rights in a Post-Cold War Africa". Armed Forces & Society. 21 (1): 69–87. doi:10.1177/0095327X9402100105. ISSN 0095-327X. JSTOR 45346639. S2CID 144004872.
↑ "Fundamentalists Urge Defiance In Algeria". Washington Post. January 14, 1992. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
1 2 3 4 Lea, David; Rowe, Annamarie (2001). A Political Chronology of Africa. Taylor & Francis. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-85743-116-2.
1 2 3 4 "Muhammad Boudiaf | Algerian politician | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
↑ Nohlen, Dieter; Krennerich, Michael; Thibaut, Bernard (July 22, 1999). Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-19-829645-4.
1 2 McDougall, James (April 24, 2017). A History of Algeria. Cambridge University Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-521-85164-0.
↑ "Abdelmalik LAHOULOU | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

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[1] Conteh-Morgan, Earl (1994). "The Military and Human Rights in a Post-Cold War Africa". Armed Forces & Society. 21 (1): 69–87. doi:10.1177/0095327X9402100105. ISSN 0095-327X. JSTOR 45346639. S2CID 144004872.

[2] "Fundamentalists Urge Defiance In Algeria". Washington Post. January 14, 1992. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

[Lea-3] 1 2 3 4 Lea, David; Rowe, Annamarie (2001). A Political Chronology of Africa. Taylor & Francis. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-85743-116-2.

[Boudiaf-4] 1 2 3 4 "Muhammad Boudiaf | Algerian politician | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

[5] Nohlen, Dieter; Krennerich, Michael; Thibaut, Bernard (July 22, 1999). Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-19-829645-4.

[McDougall-6] 1 2 McDougall, James (April 24, 2017). A History of Algeria. Cambridge University Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-521-85164-0.

[7] "Abdelmalik LAHOULOU | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

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v t e Years in Algeria (1816–present)
19th century	1816 1830 1834 1835 1837 1838 1840 1842 1843 1845 1848 1852 1866 1869 1871 1873 1874 1876 1877 1881 1885 1889 1894 1897 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 1992 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)