Lieutenant General Mohamed Lamine Medienne (Tewfik)

Long-time security chief retired Maj Gen Mohammed 'Tewfik' Mediene is said to be among those active behind the scenes...

Mohamed Lamine 'Tewfik' Medienne who served for a quarter of a century as the military intelligence chief heading the Département du renseignement et de la sécurité from November 1990 to September 2015...

Much has changed since last September's forced retirement of Lieutenant General Mohamed Lamine 'Tewfik' Medienne (AC Vol 56 No 19 Trembles at the top)...

The veteran military intelligence chief Lieutenant General Mohamed 'Tewfik' Medienne of the Département du renseignement et de la sécurité (DRS) was finally retired and other senior officers were replaced...

Mohamed Lamine 'Tewfik' Medienne will not be there for ever (AC Vol 55 No 2 Après moi moi)...

There is intense speculation over the future of the veteran DRS Director Major General Mohamed ‘Tewfik’ Medienne whose mastery of Sahel geopolitics is being severely tested by the Mali crisis (AC Vol 52 No 12 Revolts change regional alliances)...

Intense faction fights raged in 2010 between the ‘Bouteflika clan’ and Major General Mohamed ‘Tewfik’ Medienne’s feared military intelligence structure the Département du renseignement et de la sécurité (DRS)...

Mohamed ‘Tewfik’ Medienne who remains a shadowy figure while being involved in all levels of national and indeed regional politics...

The Rassemblement National Démocratique (RND) leader ex-Premier Ahmed Ouyahia is among those who want the top job but he may have to wait while attention remains focused on older men – Bouteflika and pulling strings from the shadows the veteran security chief Major General Mohamed ‘Tewfik’ Medienne...