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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.
Houari Boumedienne 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 University in Cairo, he joined the rebel.
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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.
A Western diplomat once described Houari Boumediene as a man you had to stumble over to notice in a crowded room. At such comments, Boumediene will blush to the roots of his reddish hair.
Houari Boumediène: A Biographical Profile. Houari Boumediène was a prominent Algerian political figure who served as the leader of the Algerian National Liberation Army (ALN) and the President of Algeria from 1965 to 1978. Early Life and Education. Boumediène was born into a farming family.
Apr 11, 2008 · One of seven children born to an impoverished wheat-farmer, Houari Boumédienne had a “curiously gaunt, high-cheekboned face, reddish hair, harshly intense green eyes and wispy moustache [which...
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Dec 28, 1978 · President Houari Boumediene of Algeria, who died yesterday at Mustafa Hospital in Algiers, was a puritanical soldier who sought prosperity and renewal for his people through socialism and Islam.
