Revolutionary Council (Algeria)

Revolutionary Council
مجلس الثورة
Formation	19 June 1965
Dissolved	10 December 1976
Type	Acting presidency
Legal status	Dissolved by the 1976 Algerian constitution
Headquarters	Algiers, Algeria
Chairman	Houari Boumédiène

The Revolutionary Council (Arabic: مجلس الثورة) was the governmental body that ruled Algeria after the coup d'état in June 1965. Colonel Houari Boumédiène was its chairman from 19 June 1965 to 10 December 1976. It replaced the People's National Assembly and functioned as the "supreme authority of the Revolution". Boumediene then restored the People's National Assembly and dissolved the Revolutionary Council after drafting the 1976 Algerian constitution, approved by 99% of voters. He then served as president after winning the 1976 presidential election with a great majority until his death on 27 December 1978.^[1] The council was initially made up of 26 members, almost all of them were officers of the Algerian People's National Army linked to the Oujda Group.^[2] The members were eventually reduced to nine by 1976.^[1]

Membership

The members were as follows in 1970:

Moulay Abdelkader
Ahmed Belhouchet
Mohammed Ben Ahmed
Ahmed Bencherif
Bouhadjar Benhaddou
Chadli Bendjedid
Abderrahman Ben Salem
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Ahmed Draia
Ahmed Kaid
Ahmed Medeghri
Yahyaoui Mohammed Salah
Salah Soufi
Mohammed Taibi

Two of the members of the council later became the President of Algeria:

Chadli Bendjedid (1979–1992)
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1999–2019)

References

^ ^a ^b Naylor, Phillip C. (2006-09-05). Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Scarecrow Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-8108-6480-1.
^ Cubertafond, Bernard (1988). L'Algérie contemporaine (2e éd. mise à jour) – via Gallica.

Sources

The Europa World Year Book 1970

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[:0-1] Naylor, Phillip C. (2006-09-05). Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Scarecrow Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-8108-6480-1.

[2] Cubertafond, Bernard (1988). L'Algérie contemporaine (2e éd. mise à jour) – via Gallica.

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