Muhammad Boudiaf

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Si Tayeb el Watani (Arabic) Muhammad Boudiaf (English)

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Arabic - English

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Became President:16 January, 1992

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16 January - 1992

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Left Office:29 June 1992

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29 June - 1992

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Predecessor:Chadli Bendjedid

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Successor:Ali Kafi

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Date of Birth:June 23, 1919

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June 23 - 1919

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Date of Death:29 June 1992

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29 June - 1992

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Muhammad Boudiaf (June 23, 1919 – June 29, 1992), also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian political leader and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962).

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June 23 - 1919 - June 29 - 1992 - Algerian - FLN - Algerian War of Independence - 1954 - 1962

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In 1962 Boudiaf founded the clandestine opposition party PRS.

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1962 - PRS

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In February 1992, after a 27-year exile in Morocco, the military invited him back to become chairman of the High Council of State of Algeria, following the annulment of the election results (see Algerian Civil War.) He was presented as a leader exiled for too long to be tainted by Algeria's internal postrevolutionary politics. However, his term would be cut short: on June 29, 1992, he was assassinated by a bodyguard during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba. This assassination was attributed to a guard with Islamist sympathies, but would become a major magnet for Algerian conspiracy theories. He was survived by his wife, Fatiha Boudiaf.

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1992 - Morocco - High Council of State - Algerian Civil War - Annaba - Fatiha Boudiaf

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