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Houari Boumédiène

1932 - 1978

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Houari Boumédiène (Arabic: هواري بومدين, romanized: Hawwārī Būmadyan; born Mohammed ben Brahim Boukharouba; 23 August 1932 – 27 December 1978) was an Algerian military officer and politician who was the second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978. He served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976 and thereafter as president of Algeria until his death. Born in Guelma, Mohammed ben Brahmin Boukharouba was educated at the Islamic Institute in Constantine. In 1955, He joined the National Liberation Front (FLN) and adopted the nom de guerre Houari Boumediene. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Houari Boumédiène is the 2,764th most popular politician (down from 1,993rd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 16th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Algerian Politician.

Houari Boumédiène was the president of Algeria from 1965 to 1978. He is most famous for his socialist reforms and the establishment of a one-party system.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Houari Boumédiène ranks 2,764 out of 19,576. Before him are Kiro Gligorov, Princess Louise of Belgium, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Crispus, and Jomo Kenyatta. After him are Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, Erich Koch, Ali al-Sistani, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Ellac, and Sweyn III of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Houari Boumédiène ranks 45. Before him are Michel Legrand, Frances E. Allen, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Zito, Anthony Perkins, and Roy Scheider. After him are Pat Morita, Valentino, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Adolfo Suárez, V. S. Naipaul, and Algirdas Brazauskas. Among people deceased in 1978, Houari Boumédiène ranks 28. Before him are John Cazale, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Kurt Student, Ronnie Peterson, Willy Messerschmitt, and Jomo Kenyatta. After him are Hasso von Manteuffel, Sisavang Vatthana, Charles Best, Harold Lasswell, Jim Jones, and Tamara Karsavina.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Houari Boumédiène ranks 20 out of 213. Before him are Juba II (-52), Emir Abdelkader (1808), Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933), and Juba I of Numidia (-85). After him are Martianus Capella (360), Ferhat Abbas (1899), Daniel Auteuil (1950), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Jacques Rancière (1940), and Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9).

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Among POLITICIANS In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Houari Boumédiène ranks 10. Before him are Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Juba II (-52), Emir Abdelkader (1808), Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), and Juba I of Numidia (-85). After him are Ferhat Abbas (1899), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Syphax (-250), Marcel Cerdan (1916), and Chadli Bendjedid (1929).

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