Hamza Boubakeur or Hamza Al-Sid-Boubakeur, (born 15 June 1912 in Geryville (then French Algeria) as Aboubakeur ben Hamza ben Kadour – died 4 February 1995 in Paris), was a French politician and

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

cleric.Si Hamza Boubakeur, Directeur de l’Institut Musulman de la Mosquée de Paris de 1957 à 1982
, on the website of the Great Mosque of Paris (a rather hagiographic biography)Hamza Al-Sid-Boubakeur
on the website of the French National Assembly He comes from the great Arab Family of the

Ouled Sidi Cheikh The Awlad Sidi Shaykh (or Ouled Sidi Cheikh) was a confederation of Arab tribes in the west and south of Algeria led by the descendants of the Sufism, Sufi saint Sidi Shaykh. The Awlad had religious authority, and also owned agricultural settlement ...

which fought against the French. He is a descendant of both the fierce warrior Sidi Kaddour Ben Hamza and the great soufi master Sidi Abdelkader Ben Muhammed known as "Sidi Cheikh". He was appointed (di)rector of the Great Mosque of Paris by SFIO Prime Minister

Guy Mollet Guy Alcide Mollet (; 31 December 1905 – 3 October 1975) was a French politician. He led the socialist French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) from 1946 to 1969 and was the French Prime Minister from 1956 to 1957. As Prime Minister ...

in 1957, replacing Si Kaddour Benghabrit, and kept this position until the appointment of Sheikh Abbas Bencheikh el Hocine in 1982. Hamza Boubakeur is the author of a French translation of the Quran. He is also the father of

Dalil Boubakeur Dalil Boubakeur (born 2 November 1940) is a physician, Mufti, and current rector of the Great Mosque of Paris. He is also the president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith. He was born on 2 November 1940 in the Algerian city of Skikda, to ...

, since 1992 himself rector of the Great Mosque of Paris. Hamza Boubakeur was elected as MP of Department of Oasis in the first legislature of the French Fifth Republic from 1958 to 1962 and President of the

General Council General council may refer to: In education: * General Council (Scottish university), an advisory body to each of the ancient universities of Scotland * General Council of the University of St Andrews, the corporate body of all graduates and senio ...

of this French Algerian Department. After his death, he was buried in the mausoleum of Sidi Ben Eddine in 1995.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boubakeur Hamza 1912 births 1995 deaths Islam in France Translators of the Quran into French 20th-century translators Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic