Saïd Boualam (2 October 1906 – 8 February 1982) was an Algerian-French politician and military officer. He was a

colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

in the

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, Fren ...

, and the founder of the French Algerian Front (FAF), a political and militant movement in favour of

French Algeria French Algeria ( until 1839, then afterwards; unofficially ; ), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of History of Algeria, Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted until ...

. He was elected a '' député'' during the Fifth Republic for Orléansville, for the party ''Regroupement national pour l'unité de la République'' (RNUR) in 1958. On 26 September 1959 he survived an attempted murder. In 1960 he was responsible for the creation of the French Algerian Front, which was banned by the French government after less than a year. After the group was disbanded he retired to France in 1962. He died on 8 February 1982 at Mas-Thibert, about from

Arles Arles ( , , ; ; Classical ) is a coastal city and Communes of France, commune in the South of France, a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône Departments of France, department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Reg ...

. From 1958 to 1962, Boualam was four times elected vice-president of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

, becoming a symbol of pro-French Muslims. Bruno Fuligni, ''Les Quinze Mille Députés d'hier et d'aujourd'hui'', préface de

Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré (; 30 September 1944 – 4 March 2025) was a French judge and politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016.

, Éditions Horay, 2006
La Revue Parlementaire, n°887
/ref>

Honours

* Grand Officer of the

Légion d’honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

(1978) * Commander of the Légion d'honneur *

Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 Croix (French for "cross") may refer to: Belgium * Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut France * Croix, Nord, in the Nord department * Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...

Croix de la Valeur militaire Croix (French for "cross") may refer to: Belgium * Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut France * Croix, Nord, in the Nord department * Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort d ...

* Croix du Combattant

Footnotes

Works

* ''Mon pays, la France'', éd. France Empire, Paris, 1962 * ''Les Harkis au service de la France'', éd. France Empire, Paris, 1963 * ''L'Algérie sans la France'', éd. France Empire, Paris, 1964

External links

Fiche sur Saïd Boualam par l'Assemblee nationale
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boualam, Said 1906 births 1982 deaths People from Souk Ahras Algerian politicians Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French Army officers People of the Algerian War French people of Algerian descent French Muslims Emigrants from French Algeria to France