Rabah Bitat

Rabah Bitat
رابح بيطاط
President of Algeria
Interim
In office
27 December 1978 – 9 February 1979
Preceded byHouari Boumédiène
Succeeded byChadli Bendjedid
Personal details
Born(1925-12-19)19 December 1925
Aïn Kerma, Constantine,[1] Algeria
Died10 April 2000(2000-04-10) (aged 74)
Paris, France
Political partyFLN
SpouseZohra Drif (m.1962–2000)
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Rabah Bitat (Arabic: رابح بيطاط‎; ALA-LC: Rābaḥ Bīṭāṭ; 19 December 1925 – 10 April 2000) was an Algerian nationalist and politician.

He served as interim President of Algeria from 1978 to 1979, after Houari Boumédiène's death.

  1. ^ "One of the founders of Algerian independence". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2018.