Bouhara was born in Collo, French Algeria in December 1934, first joining the FLN in 1955 and fighting under Houari Boumédiène.
[1][2] He had left his final year at Ahmed Reda Houhou High School in Constantine to join the FLN.
[3] He first served as a political commissioner in the FLN, and then as the head of the 39th Battalion in eastern Algeria.
[3] During the Six-Day War, Bouhara commanded the Algerian regiment that fought Israel in Suez.
[3] After Abdelaziz Belkhadem was ousted as secretary-general of the FLN in 2013, Bouhara was expected to replace him but died of a heart attack at the age of 79 on February 10, 2013.