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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 ...
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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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 ...
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.
Jan 8, 1979 · For 13 years, Houari Boumedienne ran Algeria like the battlefront commander he had been in the war for independence from France. He was not only his country’s President but also its Minister of ...
Jan 1, 2019 · Early Life. Boumedienne was born Mohammed Ben Brahim Boukharouba on 23 Aug. 1932 in Clauzel, eastern Algeria. He adopted his nom de guerre, Houari Boumedienne, in 1957. He had avoided conscription to the French colonial army in 1952 because he was studying at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. A prominent member of the Algerian independence ...
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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 ...
