Houari Boumediene also transcribed Boumédiène 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.
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active years end date
1976-08-16, 1976-12-10, 1978-12-27
active years start date
1965-06-19, 1973-09-05, 1977-12-10
battle
Algerian War
birth date
1932-08-23
birth place
Algeria, French Algeria, Héliopolis Algeria, Guelma Province
country
Algeria
death date
1978-12-27
death place
Algeria, Algiers
military branch
People's National Army (Algeria)
military rank
Colonel
order in office
2nd President of Algeria, 4th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement, Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
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