Ahmed Boumendjel (22 April 1908 in

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and who died on 19 November 1982) was an Algerian politician and nationalist

Early life

He was born in 1908 in Taourirt n'Mangllat (Ain El Hammam) Grande Kabylie. He first worked as a teacher then resumed his studies, got a law degree and practiced the profession of lawyer. He worked alongside

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during the

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within the party ''Friends of the Manifesto of Liberty'' and then to the ''Democratic Union for the Algerian Manifesto''. Elected to Board of the French Union, Boumendjel had to leave Algeria to settle in France.

Algerian Revolution

He became a member of the ''Federation of France's National Liberation'' Front from 1957, then member of the ''National Council of the Algerian Revolution'' from 1957 to 1962 He then went to

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where he led the newspaper

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appearing in the French language. He is the author of the article known as "The information poisoned", which was a source of controversy between the Tunisian Government and the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic. It represented the Provisional Government along with Mohammed-Seddik Benyahia in Melun talks at June 1960 and participated in the first negotiations in

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.Boumendjel Ahmed (Algérie)
(French) During the internal crisis occurred after independence, Boumendjel rallied with

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groupe. He was appointed Minister of Public Works in September 1962 to 1963.

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Algerian Ministry of Moudjahidine
(Arabic) {{DEFAULTSORT:Boumendjel, Ahmed 1908 births 1982 deaths People from Beni Yenni Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto politicians National Liberation Front (Algeria) politicians Government ministers of Algeria Senators of French Algeria