Party of the Socialist Revolution ( ar, حزب الثورة الاشتراكية, french: Parti de la Révolution Socialiste) was a

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and

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clandestine opposition party in

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founded in 1962 by

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 ...

. The existence of PRS was announced in connection with the election to the National Assembly. The membership of PRS was largely made up by former FLN guerrillas of the ''Wilaya'' of Constantine, trade union cadre and Algerian diaspora. PRS was suppressed by the regime. Boudiaf and other leaders were jailed in the months following the founding of the party. PRS published ''Le Révolutionnaire''. In 1965 PRS established its headquarters in

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. The party was unilaterally dissolved by Boudiaf in 1979, after most of his followers had deserted him.

References

* Tlemcani, Rachid, ''State and Revolution in Algeria''. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986. Banned political parties in Algeria Banned socialist parties Defunct political parties in Algeria Socialist parties in Algeria Political parties established in 1962 1962 establishments in Algeria Political parties disestablished in 1979 {{Algeria-party-stub