Ali Kafi

Chairman of the High Council of StateIn office
2 July 1992 – 31 January 1994Prime MinisterSid Ahmed Ghozali
Belaid Abdessalam
Redha MalekPreceded byMohamed BoudiafSucceeded byLiamine Zéroual (as Head of State) Personal detailsBorn(1928-10-07)7 October 1928
El Harrouch, French AlgeriaDied16 April 2013(2013-04-16) (aged 84)
Geneva, SwitzerlandPolitical partyFLNMilitary serviceAllegianceAlgeriaBranch/serviceArmée de Libération Nationale (ALN)
People's National Army (PNP)Years of serviceALN 1954-1962
PNP 1962-?RankColonelBattles/warsAlgerian War

Ali Kafi (Arabic: علي كافي‎; ALA-LC: ʿAlī Kāfī; 7 October 1928 – 16 April 2013) was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting President from 1992 to 1994.

Early life

Ali Kafi was born in El Harrouch in 1928.^[1]

Career

Ali Kafi was one of the major figures of the Algerian underground forces that fought for independence from France from 1954 to 1962.^[1] At that time he was promoted to the rank of colonel.^[1] Kafi was the Algerian ambassador to several countries, including Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Italy.^[2]

He served as the chairman of the High Council of State (a military-backed collective presidency) of Algeria from 2 July 1992 to 31 January 1994.^[3] He was selected as chairman after the assassination of Muhammad Boudiaf.^[2]

The Council of State was intended as a transitional government during the civil war. The purpose of the council of state was to redirect the nation towards prosperity. The councils hard work was tarnished by the following president after Liamine Zeroual, Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, amidst corruption charges.

Death and burial

Kafi died at the age of 84 on 16 April 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.^[1] His body was buried at El-Alia cemetery.^[2]

Honours

National honour

• Grand Master of the National Order of Merit

References