abdelmalek sellal (عبد الملك سلال) (born 1 august 1948) is an algerian politician. he was the prime minister of algeria from 29 april 2014 to 25 may 2017. he previously served as the prime minister of algeria from 3 september 2012 to 13 march 2014. his predecessor was ahmed ouyahia. in february 2022, abdelmalek sellal was hospitalized at the chu mustapha-pacha in algiers for contamination with the omicron variant of covid-19 and had health problems related to the latter.