M'hamed Yala

M'hamed Hadj Yala
Minister of the Interior of Algeria
In office
January 12, 1982  June 13, 1987
PresidentChadli Bendjedid
Prime MinisterMohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani
Abdelhamid Brahimi
Preceded byBoualem Benhamouda
Succeeded byEl Hadi Khediri
Minister of Finance of Algeria
In office
March 8, 1979  January 12, 1982
Preceded byMohamed al-Siddiq ben Yahya
Succeeded byBoualem Benhamouda
5th wali of Algiers Province
In office
July 30, 1965  August 18, 1970
Preceded byRabah Bouaziz
Succeeded bySlimane Hoffman
Personal details
BornDecember 23, 1927
Tifra, Bejaia Province, French Algeria (now Algeria)
DiedSeptember 29, 2021 (aged 94)
Political partyFLN

M'hamed Hadj Yala (Arabic: محمد يعلى), also known as El Hadj Yala, was an Algerian politician who served in various positions in the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic and Algeria, including as the Minister of Commerce, Finance, and the Interior and as ambassadors to the USSR and China.