His real name Mouhamed Boukharouba, Houari Boumediene is a colonel and an Algerian statesman. He is the 2nd Head of State from 1965 to 1976, then President of the Republic from 1976 to 1978. A professional soldier, Chief of the General Staff of the National Liberation Army from 1959 to 1962. Following a coup d’état, he became President of the Revolution Command Council in June 1965, until 10 December 1976, when he was elected President of the Republic, until his death on 27 December 1978, while keeping his ministerial portfolio of Defence. He was president of the National Liberation Front since the coup and during his term as President of the Republic.