1992 in Algeria

Events from the year 1992 in Algeria

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See also:	History of Algeria List of years 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]

References

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.
3. Lea, David; Rowe, Annamarie (2001). A Political Chronology of Africa. Taylor & Francis. p. 14. ISBN   978-1-85743-116-2.
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.
6. 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.