What is Smail Hamdani?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Smail Hamdani<br>{{small|اسماعيل حمداني}} |office = [[Prime Minister of Algeria]] |image = |predecessor = [[Ahmed Ouyahia]] |president = [[Liamine Zeroual]]<br>[[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] |successor = [[Ahmed Benbitour]] |predecessor2 = |president2 = |successor2 = |party = |predecessor1 = |president1 = |successor1 = |birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|11|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Guenzet]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]] |death_date = {{nowrap|6/7 February 2017 (aged 86)}} |death_place = [[Djasr Kasentina]], [[Algeria]] |term_start1 = 15 December 1998 |term_end1 = 23 December 1999 }} '''Smail Hamdani''' (11 March 1930 &ndash; 6/7 February 2017) was an [[Algeria]]n politician. He was [[Prime Minister of Algeria]] from 15 December 1998 to 23 December 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F98E7E517E6664C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=President appoints Smail Hamdani as new prime minister|date=15 December 1998|website=nl.newsbank.com|publisher=BBC Monitoring International Reports (Algerian Radio)|access-date=2017-02-07|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Hamdani became a member of [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|the National Liberation Front (FLN)]]. In 1962 when Algeria gained independence, he was named as chief of staff of the provisional government led by [[Abderrahmane Farès]]. Under the presidency of [[Ahmed Ben Bella]], Hamdani was appointed ambassador to Belgium. Hamdani died in his sleep either on the night of 6 February or on morning of 7 February 2017 from a [[heart attack]], aged 86.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsa-algerie.com/20170207/deces-de-lancien-chef-gouvernement-smail-hamdani/|title=Décès de l’ancien chef du gouvernement Smail Hamdani|date=7 February 2017|website=TSA Algerie|language=fr-FR|archive-ur