Slimane Bentebal (1923, Mila,

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– 21 August 2010), better known as Lakhdar Bentobal, is a former

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n resistance fighter.

Biography

Lakhdar Bentobal was a member of the

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Th ...

Parti du peuple Algérien The Algerian People's Party (in French, Parti du Peuple Algerien PPA), was a successor organization of the North African Star (''Étoile Nord-Africaine''), led by veteran Algerian nationalist Messali Hadj. It was formed on March 11, 1937. In 1936, ...

(PPA), and later moved on to its

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organization ('' Organisation spéciale'', OS) which became the embryo of the Front de libération nationale (FLN). He was one of the original "historical leaders" of the FLN's 1 November 1954 uprising against

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. A top leader of the FLN's interior armed action in the 1954-62

Algerian war of independence The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November ...

. He was a member of all three issues of the FLN's exile government, the GPRA, in various ministerial capacities. He was a key participant at the negotiations of Evian who insisted on the integrity of the entire Algerian territory including the Sahara and its resources. On independence in 1962, he opposed the victorious

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-backed takeover of

Ahmed Ben Bella Ahmed Ben Bella ( ar, أحمد بن بلّة '; 25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and socialist revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 ...

, and was arrested. On his release, he left politics, and spent the remainder of his career in various non-political administrative and business posts.

Personal life

Ben Tobbal was of Turkish origin..

References

1923 births 2010 deaths People from Mila Algerian people of Turkish descent Algerian People's Party politicians National Liberation Front (Algeria) politicians 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-politician-stub