Chadli Bendjedid

Chadli Bendjedid
Chadli Bendjedid
الشاذلي بن جديد
	Official portrait, 1979
3rd President of Algeria
	In office; 9 February 1979 – 11 January 1992
Prime Minister	Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani; Abdelhamid Brahimi; Kasdi Merbah; Mouloud Hamrouche; Sid Ahmed Ghozali
Preceded by	Rabah Bitat (Interim)
Succeeded by	Abdelmalek Benhabyles (Acting)
Personal details
Born	14 April 1929; Bouteldja, French Algeria
Died	6 October 2012 (aged 83); Algiers, Algeria
Political party	FLN
Spouse	Halima Ben Aissa
Children	4
Profession	Soldier
Military service
Allegiance	Algeria
Branch/service	ALN; PNP
Years of service	1954–1962 (ALN); 1962–1979 (PNP)
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Algerian War

Chadli Bendjedid (Arabic: الشاذلي بن جديد‎; ALA-LC: ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was an Algerian nationalist politician who served as the third President of Algeria. 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.