Mohamed Boudiaf was born on June 23, 1919 in Ouled Madi, M’Sila Province. In 1942, he worked in the tax collection services in Jijel. He joined the ranks of the People’s Party and then became a member of the secret organization. In 1950, he was tried in absentia. He joined France in 1953, where he became a member of the Movement for the Victory of Democratic Liberties. After his return to Algeria, he contributed to organizing the birth of the Revolutionary Committee for Unity and Action. He was among the members of the Twenty-Twelve (22) group that sparked the Liberation Revolution. He was arrested in the hijacking of the plane on October 22, 1956, by the colonial authorities that were transporting him and his companions from Morocco to Tunisia.
In September 1962 the foundations of the party of socialist revolution. In June 1963, he was arrested and imprisoned in southern Algeria for three months, after which he moved to Morocco. Starting in 1972, he lived moving between France and Morocco as part of his political activity, in addition to activating Al Jarida magazine. In 1979, after the death of President Houari Boumediene, he dissolved the Socialist Revolution Party and devoted himself to his industrial work, as he ran a brick factory in Kenitra in the Kingdom of Morocco.
In January 1992, after the resignation of President Chadli Bendjedid, Algeria summoned him to serve as its president, and on June 29 of the same year, President Mohamed Boudiaf was assassinated in the city of Annaba.