00:00Full military honours for Algeria's former president, Léamine Zeroual.
00:06The 84-year-old former general was laid to rest on Monday in his hometown of Batna.
00:14President Abdelmajid Tebboun was among the mourners.
00:22Zeroual held the country's highest political office from 1994 to 1999.
00:30He began his career in Algeria's National Liberation Army, fighting for independence from French rule.
00:39By 1988, he was a general and became Minister of Defence five years later.
00:45After organising the country's first pluralistic presidential election in 1995,
00:52he was elected with more than 60% of the vote.
00:56Zeroual remained popular in retirement, but refused to return to the presidency,
01:02despite several attempts to have him stand again.
01:06Algeria honoured his death with three days of national mourning.
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