Jean-Jacques Susini

Jean-Jacques Susini (*30 July 1933 Algiers (Algeria)) cofounder of Organisation de l'armée secrète (OAS).

Life

1959 head of the student association from Algiers.1958 and January 1960 he, Pierre Lagaillarde and Joseph Ortiz, responsible for the "journée des barricades" (en. "day of the barricades") in Algiers.

In 1960 he was detained at the la Santé jailhouse (Paris). In the prison he was visited by Jean-Marie Le Pen. He took advantage of his parole to escape to Spain (with Pierre Lagaillarde, Jean-Maurice Demarquet, Marcel Ronda and Fernand Féral Lefevre), where he joined Raoul Salan and founded with him and Pierre Lagaillarde the OAS on 3 December 1960. He was responsible for psychological action and propaganda (APP). After the arrest of Raoul Salan in April 1962, he became the head of the OAS for Algiers and Constantine. In June 1962, he brokered an (ultimately failed) agreement with the FLN.On the 20 July 1962, Jean-Jacques Susini absquatulate again and hid for 5 years in Italy under a false identity. During this time he was wanted in France for various assassination attempts of Charles de Gaulle (in particular the one of 15 August 1964, near the "Mont Faron" in Toulon) and his role in the OAS. he was twice condemned to death "in absentia".

He benefit from an amnesty in 1968 by Charles de Gaulle and returned to France.In 1970 he was imprisoned again for 16 months. In 1972 he was imprisoned again for 2 years. He was believed to be responsible for the disappearance of colonel Raymond Gorel (alias "Cimeterre"), the former cashier of the OAS. Again he benefitted from an amnesty by the government by Francois Mitterrand.

He is a member of National Front (France). In 1999 he was elected a member of the European Parliament. He has authored a history of the OAS, but only the first volume (covering the period may to July 1961) has been published.

Sources

* Clément Steuer: "Susini et l'OAS". l'Harmattan, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7475-6762-1
* Henri Pouillot: "La villa Susini. Tortures en Algerie". Edition Tirésias, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-908527-88-X
* Jean-Jacques Susini: "Histoire de l’O.A.S". Edition de la Table Ronde, Paris 1963.
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897946,00.html Rearguard Action for Terror] TIME Magazine, 29 June 1962