Mohamed Abdelaziz | |
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محمد عبد العزيز | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Mohamed_Abdelaziz,_2005.jpg) Abdelaziz in 2005 | |
| 2nd President of the Sahrawi Republic | |
| In office 30 August 1976 – 31 May 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun Mahfoud Ali Beiba Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
| Preceded by | Mahfoud Ali Beiba (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Khatri Addouh (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohamed Abdelaziz ben Khalili ben Mohamed al-Bachir Er-Rguibi 17 August 1947 Smara, Spanish Sahara |
| Died | 31 May 2016 (aged 68) Tindouf, Algeria |
| Resting place | Bir Lehlou[1] |
| Political party | Polisario Front |
| Spouse | Khadidja Hamdi |
| Alma mater | Mohammed V University |
Mohamed Abdelaziz (Arabic: محمد عبد العزيز; 17 August 1947 – 31 May 2016) was the 3rd Secretary General of the Polisario Front, from 1976, and the 1st President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic from 1982,[2] until his death in 2016.
- ^ "President Mohamed Abdelaziz buried in liberated town of Bir-Lehlou". Sahara Press Service. 4 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Abd al-Aziz Muhammad In: Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Henry Louis Gates (eds.) Dictionary of African Biography, Volume 6, Oxford University Press, 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.