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Chadli Bendjedid

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Chadli Bendjedid

Born — Died

1929-04-14 — 2012-10-06

Place of birth

Bouteldja, Algeria

Known for

Acting

Credits

1 titles

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Chadli Bendjedid (Arabic: الشاذلي بن جديد), born April 14, 1929 in Bouteldja and died October 6, 2012 in Algiers, is an Algerian military and statesman. He was President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria from February 9, 1979 to January 11, 1992. A fighter during the Algerian War, having risen to the rank of colonel, he was a member of the Revolutionary Council from 1965 to 1976. He was appointed Secretary General of the single party at the time, the National Liberation Front (FLN), in January 1979. He was elected President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria the following month. Re-elected head of state in 1984 and 1989 without a competitor, he also served as Minist…

Known for

Algeria's Bloody Years poster
8.5

Documentary series in two parts: 1. A people without a voice (80'), 2. A land in mourning (78'). Part 1: A people without a voice: October 88, the Algerian Republic is faltering, the film goes back to the sources of this tragedy and explains how the face to face between the Islamists and those in power began. The interruption of the legislative elections of December 91, followed shortly after the assassination of President Boudiaf in June 92, plunged Algeria into chaos. Part 2: A land in mourning: the cycle of violence that leads to massacres and the economic and geopolitical underside of the war. More than 100,000 deaths, an incredible degree of barbarity, massacres, apparently incomprehensible... Behind the official window of power and its artificial political scene, hides a shadow power.

Algeria's Bloody Years

2002

Film credits

2000s · 1 titles

Algeria's Bloody Years poster
8.5

Documentary series in two parts: 1. A people without a voice (80'), 2. A land in mourning (78'). Part 1: A people without a voice: October 88, the Algerian Republic is faltering, the film goes back to the sources of this tragedy and explains how the face to face between the Islamists and those in power began. The interruption of the legislative elections of December 91, followed shortly after the assassination of President Boudiaf in June 92, plunged Algeria into chaos. Part 2: A land in mourning: the cycle of violence that leads to massacres and the economic and geopolitical underside of the war. More than 100,000 deaths, an incredible degree of barbarity, massacres, apparently incomprehensible... Behind the official window of power and its artificial political scene, hides a shadow power.

Algeria's Bloody Years

2002