The Revolutionary Council (

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: مجلس الثورة) was the governmental body that ruled

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after the coup d'état in June 1965. Colonel

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was its chairman from 19 June 1965 to 10 December 1976. It replaced the

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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

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after winning the 1976 presidential election with a great majority until his death on 27 December 1978. The council was initially made up of 26 members, almost all of them were officers of the

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linked to the Oujda Group. The members were eventually reduced to nine by 1976.

Membership

The members were as follows in 1970: *Moulay Abdelkader *Ahmed Belhouchet *Mohammed Ben Ahmed *Ahmed Bencherif *Bouhadjar Benhaddou * Chadli Bendjedid *Abderrahman Ben Salem *

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*Ahmed Draia *Ahmed Kaid *Ahmed Medeghri *Yahyaoui Mohammed Salah *Salah Soufi *Mohammed Taibi Two of the members of the council later became the

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: * Chadli Bendjedid (1979–1992) *

(1999–2019)

References

Sources

*''The Europa World Year Book 1970'' National Liberation Front (Algeria) Political history of Algeria {{Algeria-hist-stub