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Algerian resistance fighter
Lakhdar Bentobal
Slimane Bentebal
(1923,
Mila
,
Algeria
? 21 August 2010
[1]
), better known as
Lakhdar Bentobal
, is a former
Algerian
resistance fighter.
Biography
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Lakhdar Bentobal was a member of the
nationalist
Parti du peuple Algerien
(PPA), and later moved on to its
paramilitary
organization (
Organisation speciale
, OS) which became the embryo of the
Front de liberation nationale
(FLN). He was one of the original "historical leaders" of the FLN's 1 November 1954 uprising against
French
colonialism
.
A top leader of the FLN's interior armed action in the 1954-62
Algerian war of independence
.
He was a member of all three issues of the FLN's
exile government
, the
GPRA
, in various ministerial capacities. He was a key participant at the negotiations of Evian who insisted on the integrity of the entire Algerian territory including the Sahara and its resources. On independence in 1962, he opposed the victorious
military
-backed takeover of
Ahmed Ben Bella
, and was arrested. On his release, he left politics, and spent the remainder of his career in various non-political administrative and business posts.
Personal life
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Ben Tobbal was of
Turkish
origin.
[2]
References
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- ^
"Google Translate"
.
translate.google.com
.
Archived
from the original on 8 March 2016
. Retrieved
15 September
2017
.
- ^
Meynier, Gilbert (2001), "Le FLN/ALN dans les six wilayas: etude comparee",
Militaires et guerilla dans la guerre d'Algerie
, Editions Complexe, p. 156,
ISBN
2870278535
.