Mohamed El Aziz Kessous (June 25, 1903 - May 13, 1965) was a lawyer, journalist, senior civil servant, parliamentarian and equal rights activist in

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. He was born on June 25, 1903, in

Constantinois Constantinois is a cultural and historical region of the Maghreb, located in northeastern Algeria. Geography The region corresponds roughly to six contemporary ''wilayas'': Constantine Province, Annaba Province, Guelma Province, Skikda Prov ...

Mohammed el Aziz Kessous (1985), Guy Pervillé
and died in

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May 13, 1965, following a long illness, three years after the independence of Algeria. He studied at the Luciani high school in Philippeville (today

Skikda Skikda ( ar, سكيكدة; formerly Philippeville from 1838 to 1962 and Rusicade in ancient times) is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of Skikda Province and Skikda District. History The Phoeni ...

), he was the fellow student of

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, the first president of the

Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic ( ar, الحكومة المؤقتة للجمهورية الجزائرية, ; French: ''Gouvernement provisoire de la République algérienne'') was the government-in-exile of the Algerian Nation ...

(GPRA), with whom he remained attached by close ties until 1956.

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