What is Abdelkader Bensalah?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Abdelkader Bensalah |native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ar|عبد القـادر بن صالح}}}} |native_name_lang = ar |honorific-suffix = |image = Abdelkader Bensalah 18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Baku (cropped).jpg |caption = Abdelkader Bensalah in 2019. |office = Acting [[President of Algeria]] |primeminister = [[Noureddine Bedoui]] |term_start = 2 April 2019 |term_end = 19 December 2019 |predecessor = [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] |successor = [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]] |office1 = President of the [[Council of the Nation]] |term_start1 = 2 July 2002 |term_end1 = 9 April 2019 |predecessor1 = Bachir Boumaza |successor1 = Salah Goudjil |birth_date = {{birth date|1941|11|24|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Fellaoucene]], [[French Algeria]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|22|1942|5|17|df=y}} |death_place = [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]] |nationality = [[Algeria|Algerian]] |profession = [[Journalist]] |party = [[Democratic National Rally]] |spouse = |allegiance = |branch = |serviceyears = |battles = }} '''Abdelkader Bensalah''' ({{lang-ar|عبد القـادر بن صالح}}, 24 November 1941 – 22 September 2021) was an [[Algeria|Algerian]] [[politician]]. He was the President of the [[Council of the Nation]] from 2002 to 2019. On 2 April 2019, he became the Acting [[President of Algeria]] following the resignation of [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]].<ref>{{cite news |publisher=France 24 |title=Algeria’s next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah |date=April 2, 2019 |access-date=April 2, 2019 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah}}</ref> Bensalah died on 22 September 2021 from [[COVID-19]] and [[cancer]]-related problems at a hospital in [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]] at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://afrique.le360.ma/algerie/politique/2021/09/22/35515-algerie-deces-de-lancien-president-de-la-transition-abdelkader-bensaleh-35515|title=Al