Belaid Abdessalam (Arabic: بلعيد عبد السلام; 20 July 1928 – 27 June 2020) was an Algerian politician, who served as Prime Minister from 1992 to 1993.

[1] Abdessalam was a nationalist leader in the FLN during Algeria's struggle for independence from France.

He was minister of industry and power under the military regime of Houari Boumedienne, and his name was closely connected with the former Algerian state policy of building a base of heavy industry through planned economy.

Abdessalam served as Head of Government of Algeria from 8 July 1992 until 21 August 1993.

[3] On 27 June 2020, he died at Ain Naadja military hospital in Algiers, aged 91.