Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)

Mohamed Abdelaziz
محمد عبد العزيز
Abdelaziz in 2005
2nd President of the Sahrawi Republic
In office
30 August 1976 – 31 May 2016
Prime MinisterMohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed
Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Preceded byMahfoud Ali Beiba (Acting)
Succeeded byKhatri Addouh (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Mohamed Abdelaziz ben Khalili ben Mohamed al-Bachir Er-Rguibi

(1947-08-17)17 August 1947
Smara, Spanish Sahara
Died31 May 2016(2016-05-31) (aged 68)
Tindouf, Algeria
Resting placeBir Lehlou[1]
Political partyPolisario Front
SpouseKhadidja Hamdi
Alma materMohammed 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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.