Mokdad Sifi

Mokdad Sifi (Arabic: مقداد سيفي; born 21 April 1940 in Tébessa)^[1]^[2] is an Algerian politician. Sifi was Head of Government of Algeria from 11 April 1994 to 31 December 1995. He was a Member of Parliament and once considered running for the Presidency. However, Sifi withdrew in April 1999 along with six of the seven other candidates, allowing the only remaining candidate, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to become president. Sifi was said to have favored a market-oriented economy and no amnesty for the Islamic Salvation Front.

Known Ministers

Said Abadou (Minister for War Veterans)
Sassi Aziz (Minister for Trade)
Boubakour Benbouzid (Minister of Higher Education)
Yahia Kaidum (Minister for Health and Population)
Amar Sakhri (Minister of Education)

References

^ Phillip C. Naylor (7 May 2015). Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 465. ISBN 978-0-8108-7919-5.
^ Der Fischer Weltalmanach 1996 - Mario von Baratta, Gustav Fochler-Hauke - Google Books. 1996. ISBN 9783596190966. Retrieved 2012-01-10 – via Google Books.

Sources

"The candidates who pulled out" BBC News, 15 April 1999

Political offices
Preceded by Redha Malek	Head of Government of Algeria 1994–1995	Succeeded by Ahmed Ouyahia

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[Naylor2015-1] Phillip C. Naylor (7 May 2015). Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 465. ISBN 978-0-8108-7919-5.

[2] Der Fischer Weltalmanach 1996 - Mario von Baratta, Gustav Fochler-Hauke - Google Books. 1996. ISBN 9783596190966. Retrieved 2012-01-10 – via Google Books.

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v t e Prime ministers of Algeria (list)
Ben Bella vacant, 1963–79 Abdelghani Brahimi Merbah Hamrouche Ghozali Abdessalam Malek Sifi Ouyahia Hamdani Benbitour Benflis Ouyahia Belkhadem Ouyahia Sellal Yousfi* Sellal Tebboune Ouyahia Bedoui Boukadoum* Djerad Benabderrahmane Larbaoui
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