Abdelmalek Benhabyles

Abdelmalek Benhabyles
عبد المالك بن حابيليس
Benhabyles in 1962
Chairman of the Constitutional Council
In office
12 April 1989  20 March 1995
PresidentChadli Bendjedid
Prime MinisterSid Ahmed Ghozali
Minister of Justice
In office
23 April 1977  8 March 1979
Preceded byBoualem Benhamouda
Succeeded byLahcène Soufi
Minister Secretary General to the President of Algeria
In office
8 March 1979  15 July 1980
Personal details
Born(1921-04-27)27 April 1921
Beni Aziz, Algeria
Died28 December 2018(2018-12-28) (aged 97)
Algiers, Algeria

Abdelmalek Benhabylès (Arabic: عبد المالك بن حبيلس, 27 April 1921 – 28 December 2018) was an Algerian politician. He was born in Beni Aziz. He was a chairman of the Constitutional Council from 12 April 1989 until 20 March 1995, thus was acting head of state when the military ousted Chadli Bendjedid. He received the 1st Class, Grand Cordon of Order of the Rising Sun on 17 December 2012.

A fervent nationalist, he was Minister of Justice from 1977 to 1979, and in the latter year was appointed Secretary General of the Republic. He was chair of the Ligue algérienne de défense des droits de l’homme (LADDH). He died on 28 December 2018 at the age of 97.