Mohamed Boudia (24 February 1932 – 28 June 1973) was an Algerian poet and a senior member of the

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين, translit=al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn, PFLP) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary so ...

(PFLP). He was assassinated in

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by a car bomb placed under his seat by Mossad agents as part of

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. At the time of his assassination, Boudia was the Chief of PFLP operations in Europe. Boudia was replaced by Michel Moukharbal. Boudia had been a participant in the Algerian War, during which he had been jailed for an attack on a petrol depot in southern France. The end of the war and Algerian independence in 1962 led to his release, having spent three years in prison. Boudia was a playwright, and after independence became director of Algeria's national theatre. He fled to France after

Houari Boumediène Houari is a given name and surname. It may refer to: Persons Given name *Houari Boumédiène, also transcribed Boumediene, Boumedienne etc. (1932–1978), served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 Decembe ...

seized power in June 1965. He ran a theatre in Paris, whilst beginning to work with figures such as Carlos the Jackal.John Follain (1998), ''Jackal: the complete story of the legendary terrorist, Carlos the Jackal'',

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1932 births 1973 deaths People from Algiers Assassinated Algerian politicians People of the Algerian War Algerian people imprisoned abroad Prisoners and detainees of France Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members People killed in Mossad operations 20th-century Algerian politicians Deaths by car bomb in France Algerian people murdered abroad People murdered in France {{Algeria-bio-stub