Abderrezak Bouhara

Abderrezak Bouhara was an Algerian politician and veteran who served as the seventh wali of Algiers Province between 1975 and 1978, the Algerian Minister of Health between 1978 and 1982, and various military positions in embassies in Paris, Moscow, and Hanoi.

Biography Bouhara was born in Collo, French Algeria in December 1934, first joining the FLN in 1955 and fighting under Houari Boumédiène. He had left his final year at Ahmed Reda Houhou High School in Constantine to join the FLN. He first served as a political commissioner in the FLN, and then as the head of the 39th Battalion in eastern Algeria. The hospital in Skikda was named after Bouhara.

From 1989 until his death, Bouhara served in various positions within the FLN. In 2004, he was appointed as a Council of the Nation, serving as vice-president. After Abdelaziz Belkhadem was ousted as secretary-general of the FLN in 2013, Bouhara was expected to replace him but died of a heart attack at the age of 79 on February 10, 2013.