Bouteflika's Governments
He was Minister of State and Justice from 1999 to 2002 in Bouteflika's first government. During this time Ouyahia was assigned the task of securing a peace deal in the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea by Bouteflika, who was also President of Organisation for African Unity during the year 2000. Ouyahia worked in conjunction with Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton of the United States, and a peace deal was secured and signed in Algiers in December 2000.
A strong defender of the government, in February 2001, Ouyahia proposed new laws as Justice Minister which would have imposed a 3-year prison term for authors of articles or drawings deemed "defamatory" to political leaders.
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