Liamine Zéroual

Liamine Zéroual
اليمين زروال
Zéroual in 1994
6th President of Algeria
In office
31 January 1994  27 April 1999
Prime MinisterRedha Malek
Mokdad Sifi
Ahmed Ouyahia
Smail Hamdani
Preceded byAli Kafi
Succeeded byAbdelaziz Bouteflika
Minister of Defence
In office
10 July 1993  27 April 1999
Preceded byKhaled Nezzar
Succeeded byAbdelaziz Bouteflika
Personal details
Born (1941-07-03) 3 July 1941
Batna, Algeria
Political partyIndependent
Military service
AllegianceAlgeria
Branch/serviceArmée de Libération Nationale (ALN)
People's National Army (PNP)
Years of serviceALN 1957–1962
PNP 1962–1989
RankMajor General
CommandsCherchell Military Academy 1981–1982
Tamanrasset Military Region 1982–1984
Battles/warsAlgerian War

Liamine Zéroual (Arabic: اليمين زروال ALA-LC: al-Yamīn Zarwāl; Berber: Lyamin Ẓerwal; born 3 July 1941) is an Algerian politician who was the sixth President of Algeria from 30 January 1994 to 27 April 1999.