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Boumedienne, Houari
(Encyclopedia)Boumedienne, Houari hooär´ boomdn´ [key], 1932?–78, president and prime minister of Algeria (1965–78). While studying in Cairo during the early 1950s he joined a group of expatriate...Bendjedid, Chadli
(Encyclopedia)Bendjedid, Chadli shd´l bnjdd´ [key], 1929–2012, Algerian army officer and political leader, president of Algeria (1979–92). A noncommissioned officer in France's Algerian army, he fou...Ben Bella, Ahmed
(Encyclopedia)Ben Bella, Ahmed äkhmd´ bn bl´lä [key], 1919–2012, Algerian statesman. After World War II he joined the Algerian nationalist movement and soon became a leader of its underground paramilita...Algeria
(Encyclopedia)Algeria ljr´ [key], Arab. Al Djazair, Fr. Algérie, officially People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, republic (2015 est. pop. 39,872,000), 919,590 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km), NW Africa, borde...Browse by Subject
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