He served in Algerian nationalist political and guerrilla organizations from a young age, with his nom de guerre being Si Saïd.
In 1958, returning from a clandestine trip to Germany with other Algerian fighters, Bouaziz was apprehended at the border and taken into custody by French officials.
[1] After Algerian independence, Bouaziz became a deputy in the People's National Assembly during its first Congress.
[2] Bouaziz served as wali until June 21, 1965, being fired from the position after the 1965 Algerian coup d'état two days earlier.
[3] Bouaziz died on October 11, 2009, at the El Azhar clinic in Algiers at the age of 81.