Lyes Derriche (, (born 1928 in

Casbah of Algiers The Casbah ( ar, قصبة, ''qaṣba'', meaning citadel) is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed ' ...

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

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; died 2001 in

El Madania El Madania ( ar, المدنية) is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district. Its municipal code is 1603 and postal code is 16075. It has a population of 51,404 as of the 1998 census, which ...

, Algeria) was an Algerian politician.

Algerian War

Lyès Deriche, the son of Mouhamed Deriche, housed in his villa in the Algerian commune of Clos-Salembier the meeting of the Group of 22 baptized Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action (RCUA). On 25 July 1954, in the modest villa belonging to Lyès Deriche, twenty-two Algerians spoke for the unlimited revolution until total independence. They were all elders of the Special Organization who were summoned in the second half of June 1954. Many of them were from families where there were

qaid Qaid ( ar , قائد ', "commander"; pl. '), also spelled kaid or caïd, is a word meaning "commander" or "leader." It was a title in the Norman kingdom of Sicily, applied to palatine officials and members of the ''curia'', usually to those w ...

s and bachaghas who had studied in the schools of the Association Of Algerian Muslim scholars. Lyès Deriche, a friend of Zoubir Bouadjadj, was a former militant of the

Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties The Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD), name proposed by Maiza, was created October 1946 to replace the outlawed Parti du Peuple Algerien (PPA). Messali Hadj remained as its president. The MTLD was created on the same platform ...

. He welcomed

Mohamed Boudiaf Mohamed Boudiaf (23 June 1919 – 29 June 1992, ar, محمد بوضياف; ALA-LC: ''Muḥammad Bū-Ḍiyāf''), also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian political leader and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberat ...

who was the revolutionary leader of

, and had prepared the meal for the participants in the historic meeting. About noon the owner of the house, Deriche, invited the presents to a

couscous Couscous ( '; ber, ⵙⴽⵙⵓ, translit=Seksu) – sometimes called kusksi or kseksu – is a Maghrebi dish of small steamed granules of rolled durum wheat semolina that is often served with a stew spooned on top. Pearl millet, sorghum, ...

, and after a short pause they returned to work.

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Website "www.thenia.net" about Thénia

First Website "http://menerville.free.fr" about "Ménerville and Thénia" before 1962

Second Website "http://menerville2.free.fr" about "Ménerville and Thénia" before 1962
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deriche, Lyès 1932 births People from Souk El-Had People from Thénia District People from Boumerdès Province Kabyle people 1982 deaths Burials in Algeria 20th-century Algerian politicians Algerian Berber politicians Algerian nationalism

Algerian War

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