Ruler · 1929 – 2012

Chadli Bendjedid

Lived 1929 – 2012; politician, writer, military personnel. President of Algeria (Algeria), 1979 – 1992.

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Lived: 1929 – 2012; 83 years
In office: 13 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Algeria
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Algeria

Algeria · the 7th of 14 dated reigns · 1961 – 2019

3 before

Ahmed Ben Bella1963 – 1965

Houari Boumédiène1965 – 1978

Rabah Bitat1978 – 1979

Chadli Bendjedid1979 – 1992

Abdelmalek Benhabyles1992

Mohamed Boudiaf1992

Ali Kafi1992 – 1994

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officethis entry

Reigned 1979 – 1992 · 13 years · came to it aged 50

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He resigned from the presidency in January 1992 following a disputed election and military coup, leading to the Algerian Civil War.

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