Abdelkader Bensalah

Abdelkader Bensalah (, 24 November 1941 – 22 September 2021) was an Algerian politician. He was the President of the Council of the Nation from 2002 to 2019. On 2 April 2019, he became the Acting President of Algeria following the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Bensalah died on 22 September 2021 from COVID-19 and cancer-related problems at a hospital in Algiers, Algeria at the age of 79. 

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Category:1941 births
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Category:Presidents of Algeria
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic
Category:Deaths from cancer