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e. Houari Boumédiène[ a ] (Arabic: هواري بومدين, romanized:Hawwārī Būmadyan; born Mohammed ben Brahim Boukherouba; [ b ] 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 ...
Jul 3, 2012 · As Pontecorvo’s film was being shot in Algiers in July 1965, the tanks which were being used in the film were put to more practical use by the Minister of Defence, Colonel Houari Boumediene as he staged a successful coup against Algeria’s first president, Ahmed Ben Bella.
Houari Boumedienne (born Aug. 23, 1927, Clauzel, near Guelma, Alg.—died Dec. 27, 1978, Algiers) was an army officer who became president of Algeria in July 1965 following a coup d’etat. Boukharouba’s service to Algeria began in the 1950s, during his country’s struggle for independence from France, when, after studying at al-Azhar ...
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Apr 11, 2008 · Houari Boumédienne was born Mohammad ben Brahim Boukharouba in Clauzel, near Guelma (Oran), probably in 1927 — though some biographies claim that he was born on August 23, 1932.
TIME. December 4, 1978 12:00 AM EST. A leader leads no more. For Algerian President Houari Boumedienne, secrecy was a lifelong obsession. Born Mohammed Ben Brahim Boukharouba, he borrowed a nom de ...
Nexus of coup in Algiers (marked green), Algeria. The 1965 Algerian coup d'état brought Colonel Houari Boumédiène to power as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Algeria. The bloodless coup d'état saw Algeria's first President, Ahmed Ben Bella, arrested and his closest supporters imprisoned by Boumédiène and his allies, principally ...
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Houari Boumediene (1932-1978) was an Algerian revolutionary and military leader who won power by a military coup and led Algeria during a turbulent period after nearly 8 years of war. Houari Boumediene was born on Aug. 23, 1932, into a poor peasant family in Clauzel near Guelma in eastern Algeria. His real name was Mohammed Ben Brahim Bou ...
