Rabah Bitat

Rabah Bitat (Arabic: رابح بيطاط‎; ALA-LC: Rābaḥ Bīṭāṭ; 19 December 1925 – 10 April 2000) was an Algerian nationalist and politician.

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Rabah Bitat
رابح بيطاط


President of Algeria Interim
In office 27 December 1978 – 9 February 1979
Preceded by	Houari Boumédiène
Succeeded by	Chadli Bendjedid

Personal details
Born	(1925-12-19)19 December 1925 Aïn Kerma, Constantine,^[1] Algeria
Died	10 April 2000(2000-04-10) (aged 74) Paris, France
Political party	FLN
Spouse	Zohra Drif (m.1962–2000)
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He served as interim President of Algeria from 1978 to 1979, after Houari Boumédiène's death.

Bitat was appointed as Vice President of Algeria in the cabinet of Ahmed Ben Bella from September 1962 to September 1963.^[2] Bitat served as President of the People's National Assembly from April 1977 to October 1990 and was the interim President of Algeria from 27 December 1978 to 9 February 1979^[3] after the sudden death of Houari Boumédiènne and before the election of Chadli Bendjedid. He was from the Front de Libération National.^[3]

Bitat first supported and then opposed Ahmed Ben Bella. He held the transportation portfolio under Houari Boumédiène and later became the first president of the ANP (by the constitution of 1976). Bitat served as acting president (December 1978 – February 1979) after Boumédienne's death in December 1978.^[4]

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