Bensalah, who died at the age of 79 after a long illness according to his relatives, was appointed interim head of state on April 9, 2019, under the Constitution, a few days later Bouteflika’s resignation under the pressure of a massive protest movement.
His death comes five days after that of Bouteflika, who died on Friday.
Bensalah left office on December 19, 2019 after the swearing-in of the new president-elect Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Cacique of the regime, he chaired the upper house of Parliament from 2002 until 2019, a position which gives him the charge of the interim in the event of the death, resignation, or “impediment” of the president due to a serious illness. and sustainable.
The Council of Nation, the upper chamber of the Algerian Parliament, is made up of two-thirds of elected senators (96) and one-third of senators appointed by the Head of State (48).
According to the presidency, Bensalah will be buried Thursday after the midday prayer (around 12:00 GMT), in the cemetery of El Alia, about ten km east of Algiers.
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