found: Wikipedia, French version, April 12, 2021(Hamlaoui Mekachera; born 17 September 1930 in Souk Ahras, Algeria; died 17 October 2018 in Saint-Aubin (Jura); he was secrétaire d'État, then ministre délégué, for the Anciens combattants (ministre de la Défense) June 2002-May 2007; in 1949, age 19, he went to Indochine as sergeant in 6e régiment de tirailleurs algériens; in 1957 he succeeded in the competition of École d'arme de l'infanterie and entered the École d'application de l'infanterie de Saint-Maixent-l'École; in 1959 during the Algerian war he was sent to the Algeria-Tunisia border; after 1962 he pursued his career in France; in 1968 he left active duty with the grade of commandant, age 38; entered ENSP and upon leaving became head of the Centre psychothérapique du Jura, its director until 1986; he then directed the Centre hospitalier spécialisé du Jura until 1995; member of the Conseil supérieur des hôpitaux and the Commission nationale de nomination des médecins chefs de service, 1988-1995; member of the Conseil économique et social 1998-2002; in 2010 he was named vice-president of the Fondation pour la mémoire de la guerre d'Algérie)