The late army chief Lt Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah presides a military parade in Algiers on July 1, 2018. The powerful powerful army chief died on Monday after a heart attack. AP Photo
General Gaid Salah, 79, became the nation’s most powerful figure following the resignation of Algeria’s last president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in April.. EPA
Gen Gaid Salah, right, gestures as he speaks with former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Hassi Bahbah, Algeria, in 2005. AP Photo
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune embraces and kisses Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah. AFP
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, left, meets Lt Gen Salah in Abu Dhabi in 2014. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
The late Lt Gen Salah attends the swearing-in ceremony of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers on December 19, 2019. EPA
Lt. Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah attends the formal presidential swearing-in ceremony. AFP
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Le Drian speaks with Gen Gaid Salah in 2014. AFP
Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah in Kiev in 2007. AFP
The late army chief Lt Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah presides a military parade in Algiers on July 1, 2018. The powerful powerful army chief died on Monday after a heart attack. AP Photo
General Gaid Salah, 79, became the nation’s most powerful figure following the resignation of Algeria’s last president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in April.. EPA
Gen Gaid Salah, right, gestures as he speaks with former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Hassi Bahbah, Algeria, in 2005. AP Photo
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune embraces and kisses Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah. AFP
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, left, meets Lt Gen Salah in Abu Dhabi in 2014. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi
The late Lt Gen Salah attends the swearing-in ceremony of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers on December 19, 2019. EPA
Lt. Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah attends the formal presidential swearing-in ceremony. AFP
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Le Drian speaks with Gen Gaid Salah in 2014. AFP
Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah in Kiev in 2007. AFP
Algerian military chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah has died