Si Mohamed Baghdadi

Si Mohamed Baghdadi (in Arabic: سي محمد بغدادي), born on June 26, 1937 in Souk Ahras in Algeria, joined the historic Wilaya III in 1961 during the Algerian war of national liberation. After Algerian independence, he had a career as a high-level athlete, winning the title of Algerian champion in the 800 m and 4x400 m, before occupying the position of president of the Algerian Athletics Federation from 1967 to 1969. A distinguished professor of literature, a renowned writer, then censor at the El-Mokrani High School in Ben Aknoun, he had the respect of his colleagues and his students, the latter testify. The late Baghdadi subsequently joined the Ministry of Youth and Sports, where he was director of the education and sports department and then secretary general. He retired in 1986, before being elected to the position of President of the Algerian Olympic Committee (March 1988 – November 1989).