Layachi Yaker
Yaker in the 1960s
Minister of Commerce
In office
9 June 1969 – 23 April 1977
Member of the People's National Assembly for Bir Mourad Raïs
In office
1977–1979
Secretary-General of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
In office
1992–1995
Preceded byIssa Diallo
Succeeded byK. Y. Amoako
Personal details
Born(1930-01-11)11 January 1930
Souk Ahras, French Algeria
Died25 November 2023(2023-11-25) (aged 93)
Political partyFLN
OccupationDiplomat

Layachi Yaker (Arabic: العياشي ياكر; 11 January 1930 – 25 November 2023) was an Algerian diplomat and politician of the National Liberation Front.[1]

Yaker was elected vice-president of the General Union of Algerian Muslim Students at its first congress in July 1955 and was ambassador of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic to Egypt and India. He directed economic, social, and cultural affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1963 to 1967. He was also a member of the Higher Council of Hydrocarbons, Mines and Energy.[2] He was Minister of Commerce under President Houari Boumédiène.[3] A member of the Independent Commission, he participated in the Brandt Report in 1980.

Biography

Born in Souk Ahras on 11 January 1930, Yaker attended secondary school at the Lycée El Idrissi in Algiers.[4] Despite his lack of post-secondary schooling, he went to Paris as president of the Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto and elected vice-president of the General Union of Algerian Muslim Students in 1955.[5] According to Mohamed Harbi, this was a key election for the communist youth of Algeria for their liberation.[6] During the Algerian War, he was a fundraising agent for the FLN in Cairo, Jakarta, and Delhi. In January 1957, he was imprisoned by the French government and imprisoned at Fresnes Prison.[7][8]

After independence in 1962, Yaker returned to Algeria and was appointed a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After gaining the approval of Minister Abdelaziz Bouteflika, he was appointed Minister of Commerce on 9 June 1969, serving until 23 April 1977. He then served in the People's National Assembly from 1977 to 1979.[9] After he left the Algerian government, he was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996 and was Secretary-General of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa from 1992 to 1995.[10]

Layachi Yaker died on 25 November 2023, at the age of 93.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Layachi Yaker : Hommage du Président Tebboune à un Homme d'État Dévoué". Algérie-Focus (in French). 26 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ministère de l'Industrie et de l'Énergie" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République algérienne démocratique et populaire (in French). 28 November 1967. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "M. Layachi Yaker nouveau ministre du commerce". Le Monde (in French). 11 June 1969. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Moore, Clement Henri (2010). Combat et solidarité estudiantins - l'UGEMA (1955-1962) (in French). Casbah éditions. ISBN 978 9961 64 183 5.
  5. ↑ Pervillé, Guy (1984). Les Étudiants algériens de l’Université française, 1880-1962 (in French). Paris: Éditions du CNRS.
  6. ↑ Harbi, Mohamed (2001). Une vie debout -Mémoires politiques - Tome 1 : 1945-1962 (in French). Éditions La Découverte. p. 160. ISBN 978 27071 3077 8.
  7. ↑ "Un maître d'internat arrêté à Rouen". Le Monde (in French). 4 March 1957. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Haroun, Ali (1986). La 7e Wilaya - La guerre du FLN en France 1954-1962 (in French). Éditions du Seuil. ISBN 978-20210 8185 5.
  9. ↑ Bendjedid, Chadli (6 November 1979). "Arrête" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République algérienne démocratique et populaire (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "M. Layashi Yaker". United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (in French).
  11. ↑ Leslous, Samir (25 November 2023). "Décès de l'ancien ministre, Layachi Yaker: Les condoléances du Président Tebboune". L'Algérie Aujourd'hui (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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