Amar Saadani

Amar Saadani (Arabic: عمار سعداني; born April 17, 1950) is an Algerian politician. From 2004 to 2007, he was president of the People's National Assembly (APN), and then secretary general of the National Liberation Front (FLN) from September 1, 2013, to October 22, 2016. He was a close friend of late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his brother Saïd.

Biography Saadani studied political science.

A former union executive (UGTA), he was a deputy in the APN in 1997, and a member of the FLN central committee. He was, within the APN, President of the Commission of Transport, Transmissions and Telecommunications. Re-elected deputy in 2002, he held the position of vice-president of the Assembly before being elected, on June 23, 2004, as president of the APN.

Facing an arrest warrant and a potential prison sentence, Saadani chose to flee to France, which welcomed him when Algeria demanded his extradition. Following the promulgation of a Franco-Algerian extradition agreement, he chose to flee to Morocco, where he invested and sought political asylum.