Ahmed Gaid Salah
Algerian military officer, senior leader in the Algerian People's National Army
Ahmed Gaid Salah (Arabic: أحمد قايد صالح; 13 January 1940 – 23 December 2019) was a senior leader in the Algerian People's National Army. In 2004, he was appointed by then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to chief of staff of the army. On 15 September 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense.
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Salah died at a military hospital in Algiers of a heart attack on 23 December 2019 at the age of 79.[1][2][3]
References
change- ↑ Décès du général du corps d'armée Ahmed Gaïd Salah
- ↑ "Ahmed Gaïd Salah hospitalisé, un proche annonce son décès". Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ↑ Algeria’s powerful military chief Ahmed Gaid Salah has died