1932 - 1978
Houari Boumédiène (Arabic: هواري بومدين, romanized: Hawwārī Būmadyan; born Mohammed Ben Brahim Boukherouba; 23 August 1932 – 27 December 1978) was an Algerian military officer and politician who served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976 and thereafter as the second president of Algeria until his death in 1978. Born in Guelma, he was educated at the Islamic Institute in Constantine. He joined the National Liberation Front in 1955 and adopted the nom de guerre Houari Boumediene. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Houari Boumédiène has received more than 367,553 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Houari Boumédiène is the 2,244th most popular politician (up from 2,414th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 15th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Algerian Politician.
Houari Boumédiène was the president of Algeria from 1965 to 1978. He is most famous for his socialist reforms and the establishment of a one-party system.
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Among politicians, Houari Boumédiène ranks 2,244 out of 15,577. Before him are Fahri Korutürk, Vasily Blokhin, Louis, Prince of Condé, Nicias, Öljaitü, and King Zhuangxiang of Qin. After him are Aemilianus, Cleopatra III of Egypt, Chlothar III, Childeric II, Astyanax, and William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
1903 - 1987
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 2,238
1895 - 1955
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 2,239
1530 - 1569
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 2,240
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 2,241
1280 - 1316
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 2,242
281 BC - 247 BC
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 2,243
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 2,244
207 - 253
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 2,245
161 BC - 101 BC
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 2,246
650 - 673
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 2,247
655 - 675
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 2,248
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 2,249
1852 - 1912
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 2,250
Among people born in 1932, Houari Boumédiène ranks 39. Before him are Ted Kennedy, Adolfo Suárez, Ellen Burstyn, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Vladimir Ivashko, and Valentino. After him are Robert Mundell, Roy Scheider, Louis Malle, Ryszard Kapuściński, John Searle, and Vytautas Landsbergis. Among people deceased in 1978, Houari Boumédiène ranks 26. Before him are Kurt Student, Hasso von Manteuffel, Willy Messerschmitt, Harold Lasswell, John Cazale, and Harry Martinson. After him are Claude François, Norman Rockwell, W. Eugene Smith, Herta Oberheuser, Jomo Kenyatta, and Nazli Sabri.
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 33
1932 - 2014
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 34
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 35
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 36
1932 - 1994
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 37
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 38
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 39
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 40
1932 - 2008
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 42
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 43
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 44
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 45
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 20
1897 - 1978
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 21
1898 - 1978
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 22
1902 - 1978
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 23
1935 - 1978
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 24
1904 - 1978
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 25
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 26
1939 - 1978
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 27
1894 - 1978
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 28
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 29
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 30
1893 - 1978
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 31
1894 - 1978
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 32
Among people born in Algeria, Houari Boumédiène ranks 19 out of 184. Before him are Édouard-Henri Avril (1849), Juba II (-52), Jacques Attali (1943), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Dihya (700), and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898). After him are Marcel Cerdan (1916), Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), Jacques Rancière (1940), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Martianus Capella (360), and Ferhat Abbas (1899).
1849 - 1928
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 13
52 BC - 23
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 14
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 15
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 16
700 - 601
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 17
1898 - 1977
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 18
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 19
1916 - 1949
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 20
1941 - 2021
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 21
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 22
85 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 23
360 - 428
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 24
1899 - 1985
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 25
Among politicians born in Algeria, Houari Boumédiène ranks 9. Before him are Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Emir Abdelkader (1808), Juba II (-52), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Dihya (700), and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898). After him are Marcel Cerdan (1916), Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Ferhat Abbas (1899), Syphax (-250), and Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9).
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 3
1808 - 1883
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 4
52 BC - 23
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 6
700 - 601
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 7
1898 - 1977
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 8
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 9
1916 - 1949
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 10
1941 - 2021
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 11
85 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 12
1899 - 1985
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 13
250 BC - 202 BC
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 14
9 BC - 40
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 15