Chadli Bendjedid | |
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| 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 | Military officer, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  FLN (1954–1962) Algeria (1962–1979) |
| Branch/service | ALN Algerian Land Forces |
| Years of service | 1954–1979 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Algerian War Sand War |
Chadli Bendjedid (Arabic: الشاذلي بن جديد; ALA-LC: ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was an Algerian military officer and 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 in 2012 at the age of 83.