Abdelkader Hachani (; ; 26 December 1956 – 22 November 1999) was a leading figure and founding member of the Islamic Salvation Front (or FIS), an Algerian Islamist party.
Early life
He was born in 1956 in Aïn Makhlouf or Skikda. He studied in the Algerian Petroleum Institute, an elite school for engineers, and after, started working at Sonatrach. In December, the government announced that it had arrested Fouad Boulemia, a GIA member, for the murder; Boulemia was convicted in a controversial trial, sentenced to death, and then released.
Hachani was trained as a petrochemical engineer. Within FIS, he was considered a member of the Djaz'ara (Algerianist) wing. He left four children behind.