Ali Haroun, figure in Algeria’s 1992 crisis, dies aged 99
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TSA
Ali Haroun, a lawyer, former official of the FLN’s Federation of France and member of Algeria’s High State Committee, has died aged 99. A prominent figure in the interruption of the 1992 electoral process, he always defended its legitimacy, according to Algerian Television.
Ali Haroun, a lawyer, former official of the FLN’s Federation of France and member of Algeria’s High State Committee, died on Saturday aged 99, Algerian Television announced. He was associated with Mohamed Boudiaf’s return in January 1992 and the interruption of the electoral process after the Islamic Salvation Front won the first round of the December 1991 legislative elections.
Ali Haroun had always defended the suspension of the electoral process, a decision whose political and human consequences left a lasting mark on Algeria. He belonged to the generation of officials described by their opponents as “Januaryists”, referring to those involved in the interruption, according to Algerian media outlet TSA.
