Chadli Bendjedid
Algerian politician
Died when: 83 years 175 days (1001 months)Star Sign: Aries
Chadli Bendjedid (Arabic: ??????? ?? ?????;ALA-LC: ash-Shadhili bin Jadid; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was the third President of Algeria and an Algerian Nationalist.His presidential term of office ran from 9 February 1979 to 11 January 1992.
A combatant during the Algerian War, he was a member of the Revolutionary Council from 1965 to 1976 and was appointed Colonel in 1969.
He was appointed Secretary General of the National Liberation Front (FLN) in January 1979 and was elected president the following month.
Bendjedid would win re-elections without competition in 1984 and 1989.He resigned from the presidency in January 1992 following a disputed election and military coup, leading to the Algerian Civil War.
He remained under house arrest until 1999 and died of cancer at the age of 83.
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