Ahmed Gaid Salah
Lieutenant general Ahmed Gaid Salah | |
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| أحمد قايد صالح | |
Ahmed Gaid Salah in 2006 | |
| Chief of Staff of the People's National Army | |
| In office 3 August 2004 – 23 December 2019 | |
| President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Lamari |
| Succeeded by | Saïd Chengriha |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| In office 11 September 2013 – 23 December 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Commander of Ground Forces | |
| In office 1994 – 3 August 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Khelifa Rahim |
| Succeeded by | Ahcene Tafer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1940 Batna, French Algeria |
| Died | 23 December 2019 (aged 79) Algiers, Algeria |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | FLN (1957–1962) Algeria (1962–2019) |
| Branch/service | Algerian People's National Army |
| Years of service | 1957–2019 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Unit | Corps of Artillery |
| Commands | Chief of Staff of the People's National Army |
| Battles/wars | |
Ahmed Gaid Salah (Arabic: أحمد قايد صالح; 13 January 1940 – 23 December 2019) was an Algerian military officer and chief of staff of the Algerian People's National Army from 2004 to 2019. In 2004, he was appointed by then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to the position of chief of staff of the army. On 15 September 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense. Gaid Salah served as Algeria's de facto leader in 2019.