Chadli Bendjedid ??????? ?? ????
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	( 1929-04-14 ) 14 April 1929 Bouteldja , Algeria
Died	6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) (aged 83) Algiers , Algeria
Political party	FLN
Spouse(s)	Halima Ben Aissa
Children	4
Profession	Soldier
Military service
Allegiance	Algeria
Branch/service	ALN PNP
Years of service	1954?1962 (ALN) 1962?1979 (PNP)
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Algerian War

Chadli Bendjedid ( Arabic : ??????? ?? ???? ‎; ALA-LC : ash-Sh?dhil? bin Jad?d ; 14 April 1929 ? 6 October 2012) was the third President of Algeria from 9 February 1979 to 11 January 1992.

Bendjedid was hospitalized in Paris in January 2012 for cancer treatment and returned to hospital again in May and October 2012. ^[1] He died of cancer on 6 October 2012 in Paris. ^{[2] [3]}

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