During his short term of office, which came in the early years of the Algerian Civil War, he pursued a hardline anti-Islamist policy and successfully negotiated debt relief with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), following the implementation of an IMF reform plan.
Pada masa jabatannya yang singkat, pada awal Perang Saudara Aljazair, ia mengambil kebijakan keras anti-Islam dan berhasil merundingkan peringanan utang dengan IMF, setelah menerapkan sebuah rencana pembaruan IMF.