Ali Kafi

Ali Kafi (Arabic: علي كافي‎; ALA-LC: ʿAlī Kāfī; 7 October 1928 – 16 April 2013) was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting President from 1992 to 1994.

Ali Kafi
علي كافي
Kafi in 1992
Chairman of the High Council of State
In office 2 July 1992 – 31 January 1994
Prime Minister	Sid Ahmed Ghozali Belaid Abdessalam Redha Malek
Preceded by	Mohamed Boudiaf
Succeeded by	Liamine Zéroual (as Head of State)
Personal details
Born	(1928-10-07)7 October 1928 El Harrouch, French Algeria
Died	16 April 2013(2013-04-16) (aged 84) Geneva, Switzerland
Party	FLN
Military service
Allegiance	Algeria
Branch/service	Armée de Libération Nationale (ALN) People's National Army (PNP)
Years of service	ALN 1954-1962 PNP 1962-?
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Algerian War

Early life

Ali Kafi was born in El Harrouch in 1928.^[1]

Career

Ali Kafi was one of the major figures of the Algerian underground forces that fought for independence from France from 1954 to 1962. At that time he was promoted to the rank of colonel.^[1] Kafi was the Algerian ambassador to several countries, including Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Italy.^[2]

He served as the chairman of the High Council of State (a military-backed collective presidency) of Algeria from 2 July 1992 to 31 January 1994.^[3] He was selected as chairman after the assassination of Muhammad Boudiaf,^[2] and ruled until his replacement by Liamine Zeroual.^[4]

Death and burial

Kafi died at the age of 84 on 16 April 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.^[1] He was buried at El-Alia cemetery,^[2] while eight days of national mourning were declared in Algeria.^[5]

Honours

National honour

• Grand Master of the National Order of Merit