Ruler · 1925 – 2000

Rabah Bitat

Lived 1925 – 2000; politician. President of Algeria (Algeria), 1978 – 1979.

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Lived: 1925 – 2000; 75 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Algeria
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Algeria

Algeria · the 6th of 14 dated reigns · 1961 – 2019

2 before

Ferhat Abbas1962 – 1963

Ahmed Ben Bella1963 – 1965

Houari Boumédiène1965 – 1978

Rabah Bitat1978 – 1979

Chadli Bendjedid1979 – 1992

Abdelmalek Benhabyles1992

Mohamed Boudiaf1992

5 after

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

Reigned 1978 – 1979 · 1 year · came to it aged 53

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1979; they died in 2000

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