Mostefa Bouchachi (; born in 1954 in Sidi Abdelaziz, in the current

Jijel Province Jijel ( ar, ولاية جيجل) is a province (''wilaya'') in Algeria, on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The capital is Jijel (Phoenician name : ''Igilgili''). Taza National Park is located in this province. History The province was created ...

, Algeria) is an Algerian lawyer and politician. He was the President of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) from 2007 to 2012.

Biography

Mostefa Bouchachi was born in 1954 in Mechta Aazib, Douar Bouyoucef Current

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of Sidi Abdelaziz in

. As the son of a

shahid ''Shaheed'' ( , , ; pa, ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); ...

(

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of the revolution) he was educated after 1962 in a martyr's children's center in Oued Aïssi, near

Tizi-Ouzou Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylie region after Bejaia. History Etymology The name ''Tizi Ouzou' ...

. Coming from a family of revolutionaries, Mostefa was only 6 years old when his father Mokhtar, moudjahid, was killed in 1960 during a bombardment in

Wilaya A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...

Education

Mostefa continued his secondary studies at the Colonel Amirouche high school in the same town of Tizi Ouzou. After obtaining the baccalaureate, Mostefa Bouchachi moved to

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 ...

and began a graduate course at the Faculty of Law of the

University of Algiers The University of Algiers (Arabic language, Arabic:جامعة الجزائر – بن يوسف بن خـدة ), commonly called the Algiers 1 University, is a public university, public research university located in Algiers, Algeria. It is the ...

. Mostefa Bouchachi obtained a

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from the

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in the

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where he was sent as part of an Algerian state scholarship.

Professional career

In the early 1980s, back in

after his studies in the

, Mostefa Bouchachi taught at the

faculty of the

. He taught courses in

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. He also registered with the Algiers Bar to practice as a

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Political background

Mostefa Bouchachi joined the

Socialist Forces Front , Berber: Tirni Iɣallen Inemlayen (RƔN) , logo = Socialist Forces Front.png , leader1_title = First National Secretary , leader1_name = Youcef Aouchiche , leader2_title = , leader2_name = , foundation = ...

(FFS) in 1979 .. He was appointed to the position of Ministry of Justice and served from 2010 to 2012. In the 1990s, he joined the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), which he chaired from 2007 to 2012. During the 2012 Algerian legislative election Mostefa Bouchachi was elected as FFS deputy for the

People's National Assembly The People's National Assembly ( ar, المجلس الشعبي الوطني, al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani; ber, Asqamu Aɣerfan Aɣelnaw; french: Assemblée populaire nationale), abbreviated APN, is the lower house of the Algerian Parliament ...

(APN) in the

Algiers Province Algiers Province ( ar, ولاية الجزائر, ', ; french: wilaya d'Alger or ) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French department of Algiers a ...

. He resigned from his mandate as deputy in March 2014 to be replaced by

Mohammed Nabbous Mohamed "Mo" Nabbous (محمد نبوس ‎; 27 February 1983 – 19 March 2011) was a Libyan information technologist, blogger, businessperson and civilian journalist who created and founded Libya Alhurra TV. At the outbreak of the Libyan ...

. In 2019, during the mass demonstrations of 2019–2020 Algerian protests which notably led to the resignation of President

Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as President of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019 ...

—in power since 1999—and which continued to demand the establishment of a democratic transition, Mostefa Bouchachi became a leading figure in the movement. On December 10, 19 personalities, including former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi Dr. Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi ( ar, أحمد طالب الإبراهيمي) (born 5 January 1932) is an Algerian politician and intellectual. He is the son of Islamic theologian and renowned scholar Bachir Ibrahimi, and served in multiple ministerial ...

Bouchachi, former Minister of Education Ali Benmohamed, former Minister of Culture, Abdelaziz Rahabi, lawyer Ali Yahia Abdennour, former head of government

Ahmed Benbitour Ahmed Benbitour ( ar, أحمد بن بيتور; born June 20, 1946) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 1999 to 2000. Life and career Born at Metlili, Ghardaïa in the Chaamba Arab tribe, Benbitour received his d ...

, sociologist Abdelghani Badi, as well as academics Nacer Djabi and Louisa Ait Hamadouche, called not to prevent those who wanted to vote during the Algerian presidential election of 2019.

References

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Biography

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