Houari Boumédiène
| Houari Boumédiène هواري بومدين |
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| 2nd President of Algeria | |
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In office 10 December 1976 – 27 December 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Himself (as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council) |
| Succeeded by | Rabah Bitat (Interim) |
| Chairman of the Revolutionary Council | |
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In office 19 June 1965 – 10 December 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Ahmed Ben Bella (as President) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as President) |
| 4th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement | |
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In office 5 September 1973 – 16 August 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth Kaunda |
| Succeeded by | William Gopallawa |
| 6th Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity | |
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In office 13 September 1968 – 6 September 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Mobutu Sese Seko |
| Succeeded by | Ahmadou Ahidjo |
| Personal details | |
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Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba 23 August 1932 Héliopolis, Guelma Province, Algeria |
| Died | 27 December 1978 (aged 46) Algiers, Algeria |
| Spouse(s) | Anissa Boumédiène |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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| Nickname(s) | Houari Boumédiène |
| Allegiance | Algeria |
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| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Algerian War |
Houari Boumédiène, also transcribed Boumediene, Boumedienne etc., (Arabic: هواري بومدين ; ALA-LC: Hawārī Bū-Madyan; 23 August 1932 – 27 December 1978) served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976 and thereafter as the second President of Algeria until his death on 27 December 1978.
Boumédiène was born Mohammed Ben Brahim Boukharouba near Héliopolis in Algeria's Guelma Province into an Arabic-speaking peasant family of Berber origins, and was educated at the Islamic Institute in Constantine. He joined the National Liberation Front (FLN) in the Algerian War of Independence in 1955, adopting Houari Boumédiène as his nom-de-guerre (from Sidi Boumediène, the name of the patron saint of the city of Tlemcen in western Algeria, where he served as an officer during the war, and Sidi El Houari, the patron saint of nearby Oran). He reached the rank of colonel, then the highest rank in the FLN forces, and from 1960 he was chief of staff of the ALN, the FLN's military wing. But at this point of the war, the ALN had been defeated and badly hurt by the French operations and Boumédiène accepted a difficult command.
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