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Tayeb Belaiz
Tayeb Belaiz
	Belaïz in 2019
Minister of Interior
	In office; 11 September 2013 – 14 May 2015
President	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Prime Minister	Abdelmalek Sellal
Preceded by	Daho Ould Kablia
Succeeded by	Noureddine Bedoui
Minister of Justice
	In office; April 2004 – 2012
President	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Prime Minister	Abdelaziz Belkhadem; Ahmed Ouyahia;
Minister of Employment and National Solidarity
	In office; 2002–2004
President	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Prime Minister	Ali Benflis
Personal details
Born	21 August 1948; Maghnia, French Algeria
Died	13 May 2023 (aged 74); Oran, Algeria
Resting place	Ain Al Bayda cemetery, Oran

Tayeb Belaiz (Arabic: الطيب بلعيز; 21 August 1948 – 13 May 2023) was an Algerian jurist and politician who held different cabinet posts. He served as Algeria's minister of justice between 2004 and 2012 and minister of interior between 2013 and 2015.

Early life and education

Belaiz was born in Maghnia on 21 August 1948.^[1] He held a bachelor's degree in law.^[1]

Career

Belaiz started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then joined the Algerian judiciary system.^[2] He served in various public posts before holding cabinet position, including presidential advisor, and court chair of Saida and Oran.^[1] He also worked as the president of the Algerian supreme court.^[1]

Belaiz served as the minister of employment and national solidarity in the cabinet formed by Prime Minister Ali Benflis in 2002.^[3] He was appointed minister of justice in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia in April 2004.^[4] He was reappointed minister of justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem on 25 May 2006.^[5]

While serving as minister of justice, Belaiz was also appointed president of the constitutional council on 30 March 2012 and served in that post until September 2013.^[6] In a September 2013 reshuffle Belaiz was appointed minister of interior in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal.^[7]^[8] Belaiz replaced Daho Ould Kablia in the post.^[9]

Belaiz was again named the head of the constitutional council in February 2019,^[10] and his second term ended in April 2019 when he resigned from the office.^[11]