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Chadli Bendjedid

1929 - 2012

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Chadli Bendjedid (Arabic: الشاذلي بن جديد‎; ALA-LC: ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was an Algerian military officer and politician who served as the third President of Algeria. His presidential term of office ran from 9 February 1979 to 11 January 1992. A combatant during the Algerian War, he was a member of the Revolutionary Council from 1965 to 1976 and was appointed Colonel in 1969. He was appointed Secretary General of the National Liberation Front (FLN) in January 1979 and was elected president the following month. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chadli Bendjedid is the 3,969th most popular politician (down from 3,946th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Algeria (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Algerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chadli Bendjedid ranks 3,969 out of 19,576. Before him are Berengaria of Castile, Bahram IV, José Gervasio Artigas, Stanislav Shushkevich, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, and Liu Biao. After him are Francesco Morosini, Giuliano Amato, William Penn, Demaratus, Robert I, Count of Artois, and Vologases VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Chadli Bendjedid ranks 82. Before him are Dick Clark, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, George Steiner, Helmut Rahn, Lata Mangeshkar, and Nikolai Ryzhkov. After him are P. Ramlee, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Stirling Moss, Yozo Aoki, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, and Francis Gary Powers. Among people deceased in 2012, Chadli Bendjedid ranks 59. Before him are Rauf Denktaş, Renato Dulbecco, Erland Josephson, Carlo Maria Martini, E. Donnall Thomas, and Lucio Dalla. After him are Etta James, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Carl Woese, George Armitage Miller, Tony Martin, and Gustav Leonhardt.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Chadli Bendjedid ranks 32 out of 213. Before him are Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Syphax (-250), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Hélène Cixous (1937), Edwige Fenech (1948), and Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100). After him are Marlène Jobert (1940), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), Sidi Boushaki (1394), Assia Djebar (1936), and Marcus Minucius Felix (110).

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Among POLITICIANS In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Chadli Bendjedid ranks 16. Before him are Houari Boumédiène (1932), Ferhat Abbas (1899), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Syphax (-250), and Marcel Cerdan (1916). After him are Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), Micipsa (-200), Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), Liamine Zéroual (1941), Adherbal (-200), and Paul Masson (1876).

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