- Ahmed Boumendjel
Ahmed Boumendjel (b. in
Beni Yenni 1920) was an Algerian politician and nationalistEarly Life
He was born in 1920 in Beni Yenni in Grande Kabylie [ [http://www.m-moudjahidine.dz/Histoire/Biographie/B75.HTM Biography] ] . He first worked as a teacher then resumed his studies, got a law degree and practiced the profession of lawyer.
He worked alongside with
Ferhat Abbas during theSecond World War within the party "Friends of the Manifesto of Liberty" and then to the "Democratic Union for the Algerian Manifesto".Elected to Board of the French Union, Boumendjel had to leave Algeria to settle in France.Algerian Revolution
He became a member of the "Federation of France's National Liberation" Front from 1957, then member of the "National Council of the Algerian Revolution" from 1957 to 1962 [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869522,00.html Time.com] -The Coming of Boum] He then went to
Tunisia where he led the newspaperEl Moudjahid appearing in the French language. He is the author of the article known as "The information poisoned", which was a source of controversy between the Tunisian Government and the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic.It represented the Provisional Government alongside withMohammed-Seddik Benyahia in Melun talks at June 1960 and participated in the first negotiations in Evian [ [http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/article.php3?id_article=637 Boumendjel Ahmed (Algérie)] (French)] During the internal crisis occurred after independence, Boumendjel rallied with Ferhat Abbès toBen Bella groupe.He was appointed Minister of Public Works in September 1962 to 1963.Notes
References
* [http://www.m-moudjahidine.dz/Histoire/Biographie/B75.HTM Algerian Ministry of Moudjahidine] (Arabic)
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