Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index (Arabic) Chadli Bendjedid (English) place image here Became President: 9 February, 1979 Predecessor: Houari Boumedienne Date of Birth: April 14, 1929 Place of Birth: Sebaa Chadli Bendjedid (April 14 1929) was president of Algeria from 9 February 1979 to 11 January 1992. He is a former soldier in the Algerian liberation movement. He was minister of defence from November 1978 to February 1979 and became president following the death of Houari Boumedienne. He was forced out of the presidency by the miliatary following the 1991 elections. See also: List of Presidents of Algeria External link Biography from rulers.org This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.