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Houari Boumédiène

Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين
Houari Boumediene's Portrait.jpg
2nd President of Algeria
In office
10 December 1976 – 27 December 1978
Preceded by Himself (as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council)
Succeeded by Rabah Bitat (Interim)
Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
In office
19 June 1965 – 10 December 1976
Preceded by Ahmed Ben Bella (as President)
Succeeded by Himself (as President)
4th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement
In office
5 September 1973 – 16 August 1976
Preceded by Kenneth Kaunda
Succeeded by William Gopallawa
6th Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity
In office
13 September 1968 – 6 September 1969
Preceded by Mobutu Sese Seko
Succeeded by Ahmadou Ahidjo
Personal details
Born Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba
(1932-08-23)23 August 1932
Héliopolis, Guelma Province,
Algeria
Died 27 December 1978(1978-12-27) (aged 46)
Algiers, Algeria
Spouse(s) Anissa Boumédiène
Religion Sunni Islam
Military service
Nickname(s) Houari Boumédiène
Allegiance Algeria
Service/branch
Years of service
  • 1955–1962 (ALN)
  • 1962–1976 (PNP)
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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