<page_title> List of heads of state of Algeria </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> 2 <col_header> No. </col_header> <col_header> — </col_header> <col_header> — </col_header> <col_header> — </col_header> <col_header> — </col_header> <col_header> 1 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Houari Boumédiène هواري بومدين (1932–1978) President of the Republic <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) Position </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 10 December 1976 <col_header> Term of office </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 27 December 1978 (died in office.) <col_header> Term of office </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Houari Boumédiène was the second President of Algeria from 1976 until his death on December 27, 1978.