Boumedienne
Americannoun
noun
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Leaders such as Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser or Houari Boumedienne of Algeria first nationalised chunks of their economies in the name of socialism and progress and independence, handing management to colleagues, friends and cronies.
From Economist • Aug. 6, 2015
Officials at Spain’s high court said Thursday that they had opened an investigation into the time Coulibaly apparently spent there during the last month with his girlfriend, Hayat Boumedienne.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2015
Colonel Boumedienne died in 1978, and in 1980 Mr. Ben Bella was allowed to go into exile in Lausanne, Switzerland.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2012
On June 19, 1965, Mr. Ben Bella was deposed in a coup led by Colonel Boumedienne, his former comrade in arms.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2012
Three years later he vanished again, deposed in a bloodless coup by his army chief, Houari Boumedienne.
From Time Magazine Archive
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