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Muhammad Boudiaf

Si Tayeb el Watani (Arabic)
Muhammad Boudiaf (English)
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Became President:16 January, 1992
Left Office:29 June 1992
Predecessor:Chadli Bendjedid
Successor:Ali Kafi
Date of Birth:June 23, 1919
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Date of Death:29 June 1992

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 (19541962).

In February 1992, after a 27-year exile in Morocco, he became chairman of the High Council of State of Algeria. On June 29, 1992, he was assassinated by a bodyguard during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba.

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