Fortieth day of the death of President Houari Boumedienne
Houari Boumediène, nom de guerre of the second President of the Algerian Republic, was inscribed in history in place of Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba, his real surname.
He suffered from Waldenström syndrome, a rare blood disease which bears the name of the Swedish doctor who discovered it and who himself came to the bedside of the Algerian President in Algiers to establish the diagnosis.
President Boumediène began showing the first symptoms of his illness in September 1978.
The first examinations took place in Algiers before being followed by prolonged hospitalization in the USSR.
On the day of Houari Boumediène's burial, December 29, 1978, an impressive crowd followed the funeral procession from the Palais du Peuple in Algiers to the El Alia cemetery, east of Algiers.
He suffered from Waldenström syndrome, a rare blood disease which bears the name of the Swedish doctor who discovered it and who himself came to the bedside of the Algerian President in Algiers to establish the diagnosis.
President Boumediène began showing the first symptoms of his illness in September 1978.
The first examinations took place in Algiers before being followed by prolonged hospitalization in the USSR.
On the day of Houari Boumediène's burial, December 29, 1978, an impressive crowd followed the funeral procession from the Palais du Peuple in Algiers to the El Alia cemetery, east of Algiers.