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Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)
1947Aug, 17

Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)

Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (d. 2016)
Mohamed Abdelaziz (Arabic: محمد عبد العزيز; 17 August 1946 – 31 May 2016) was the 3rd Secretary General of the Polisario Front, from 1976, and the 1st President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic from 1982, until his death in 2016.

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