Ahmed Ouyahia

Ahmed Ouyahia
أحمد أويحيى
Ouyahia in 2011
Prime Minister of Algeria
In office 16 August 2017 – 12 March 2019
President	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Preceded by	Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Succeeded by	Noureddine Bedoui
In office 23 June 2008 – 3 September 2012
President	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Preceded by	Abdelaziz Belkhadem
Succeeded by	Abdelmalek Sellal
In office 11 August 2004 – 24 May 2006
President	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Preceded by	Ali Benflis
Succeeded by	Abdelaziz Belkhadem
In office 31 December 1995 – 15 December 1998
President	Liamine Zéroual
Preceded by	Mokdad Sifi
Succeeded by	Smail Hamdani
Secretary General of the Democratic National Rally
In office 10 June 2015 – 25 June 2019 Acting: 10 June 2015 – 5 May 2016
Preceded by	Abdelkader Bensalah
Succeeded by	Azzedine Mihoubi (acting) Tayeb Zitouni
In office 26 January 1999 – 3 January 2013
Preceded by	Tahar Benaibèche
Succeeded by	Abdelkader Bensalah
Personal details
Born	(1952-07-02) 2 July 1952 (age 72) Iboudraren, Algeria
Political party	Democratic National Rally

Ahmed Ouyahia (Arabic: أحمد أويحيى, romanized: Aḥmad ʾŪyaḥyā; 2 July 1952) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria four times (1995–98, 2004–2006, 2008–2012, 2017–2019). A career diplomat, he also served as Minister of Justice, and he was one of the founders of the Democratic National Rally (RND) as well as the party's secretary-general. 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.^[1] Ouyahia resigned as prime minister in March 2019 following President Bouteflika's announcement that he would not seek reelection, and Ouyahia was arrested in June 2019 for crimes related to corruption. He was later convicted and is currently serving 19 years in jail.