Socialist Forces Front
| Socialist Forces Front French: Front des Forces socialistes Arabic: جبهة القوى الاشتراكية Taqbaylit: Tirni Iɣallen Inemlayen |
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| Leader | Hocine Ait Ahmed |
| Chairman | Karim Tabbou |
| Founded | 29th September 1963 |
| Headquarters | Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria |
| Ideology | Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Berberism, Algerianism, Laïcité/Secularism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
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The Socialist Forces Front (French: Front des Forces socialistes, FFS) (Arabic: جبهة القوى الاشتراكية), (Taqbaylit: Tirni Iɣallen Inemlayen), is a social democratic and secularist, political party in Algeria. It was formed in 1963 by Hocine Ait Ahmed. The FFS is a member of the Socialist International.
The party was formed the 29th of September 1963 in Tizi-Ouzou to oppose Ben Bella's government. Following the party's creation, a number of towns in Kabylie gave them their support. The Ben Bella government, aided by the Armée de Libération nationale, swiftly took control of the dissident towns during a mostly bloodless confrontation. Preferring to avoid direct conflict, the FFS and its soldiers retracted into the mountains from where they could launch guerrilla tactics.
It boycotted the 2002 elections.
[edit] See also
- Berber people
- Politics of Algeria
- Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD).
- Arouch Movement - A political organization modelled on traditional berber village councils.
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