Ali Kafi (Arabic: علي كافي‎; ALA-LC: ʿAlī Kāfī; 7 October 1928 – 16 April 2013) was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting President from 1992 to 1994.

[1] Ali Kafi was one of the major figures of the Algerian underground forces that fought for independence from France from 1954 to 1962.

[1] Kafi was the Algerian ambassador to several countries, including Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Italy.

[2] He served as the chairman of the High Council of State (a military-backed collective presidency) of Algeria from 2 July 1992 to 31 January 1994.

The councils hard work was tarnished by the following president after Liamine Zeroual, Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, amidst corruption charges.