Djelloul Khatib

Djelloul Khatib
Khatib in 1962
Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defence
In office
27 September 1962  19 June 1965
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byColonel Abdelkader Chabou
Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic
In office
19 June 1965  14 October 1970
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDoctor Amir Benaïssa
Governor of Batna
In office
1973–1976
Governor of Constantine
In office
1976  30 November 1980
Preceded byAmal Akbi
Succeeded byChaabane Ait-Abderrahim
Governor of Oran
In office
1 December 1980  11 January 1982
Succeeded byMohamed Rachid Merazi
Secretary of State in Charge of the Civil Service
In office
12 January 1982  22 January 1983
Preceded byPosition established
Ambassador to Argentina
In office
23 January 1984  1 January 1988
Ambassador to Spain
In office
2 January 1988  20 September 1989
Personal details
Born
Djelloul Khatib

(1936-10-08)8 October 1936
Algiers, Algeria
Died6 February 2017(2017-02-06) (aged 80)
Political partyNational Liberation Front
Military service
Branch/service
Years of service
  • 1956–1962 (ALN)
  • 1962–1965 (PNP)
RankCommandant
Battles/warsBattle of Algiers (1956–57)
Suez Crisis
Algerian war of independence
AwardsOrdre du merite national
Orden del libertador San Martín

Djelloul Khatib, alias Commandant Djelloul (8 October 1936 – 6 February 2017) was a combatant for the Algerian independence and a public servant. During the war of independence he led the efforts towards the professionalization of the National Liberation Army (NLA). He contributed thereafter to building the civil service of newly independent Algeria.