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'''Mostefa Ben-Boulaïd''' (5 February 1917 – 22 March 1956) A Berber [[Chaoui]] revolutionary leader |
'''Mostefa Ben-Boulaïd''' (5 February 1917 – 22 March 1956) A Berber ([[Chaoui]]) revolutionary leader |
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He was born in Arris Wilaya of Batna in [[Aurès]] a mountainous region of north-east Algeria. In 1939, he fulfilled mandatory military service and was mobilized to fight against the Nazis during the Second World War. During the Italian campaign in 1944, he has been distinguished for his courage, which earned him the military medal and the [[Croix de Guerre]]. |
He was born in Arris Wilaya of Batna in [[Aurès]] a mountainous region of north-east Algeria. In 1939, he fulfilled mandatory military service and was mobilized to fight against the Nazis during the Second World War. During the Italian campaign in 1944, he has been distinguished for his courage, which earned him the military medal and the [[Croix de Guerre]]. |
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Mostefa Ben-Boulaïd (5 February 1917 – 22 March 1956) A Berber (Chaoui) revolutionary leader
He was born in Arris Wilaya of Batna in Aurès a mountainous region of north-east Algeria. In 1939, he fulfilled mandatory military service and was mobilized to fight against the Nazis during the Second World War. During the Italian campaign in 1944, he has been distinguished for his courage, which earned him the military medal and the Croix de Guerre.
Demobilized to the rank of adjutant, he returned to his home town, he joined the Algerian People's Party (PPP). He played an important role in the Special Organization (OS), in which he was in an intense political and military involvement. He began to acquire weapons by purchasing with his own money and contributed to the accommodation of militants pursued by the French authorities. He personally supervised the distribution of arms to these militants. In 1948, he participated in the elections of the Assembly of Algeria and won a large victory. However, the results were falsified by the French authorities.
He is also one of the founders of the Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action (CRUA). He presided over the meeting of 22–25 June 1954, which aims to establish a unity around the question of the outbreak of the armed struggle. He is responsible for the area I (Aurès) place that engages heavily armed French and known to have paid a heavy price during the Algerian war. He was a member of the Committee of the Six "insurgent leaders". He led in the outbreak of the Algerian War from 1 November 1954 in the Aures region.
In 1955, he traveled to Libya to supply arms for his soldiers. He participated in both battles of blah Ifri el Ahmar Khaddou.
Photo taken after his arrest in Tunisia (11 February 1955), Benboulaïd managed to convey a message symbolizing unity with his two thumbs.
He was arrested on 11 February 1955 in Tunisia and was sentenced to death by the court of Constantine, then imprisoned at the Central Prison of Constantine. He escaped in November 1955 with other prisoners, including Tahar Zbiri—one of the initiators of the failed coup attempt in 1967 against Houari Boumediene—and with the complicity of a prison guard, Djaffer Chérif, from its hometown against Houari Boumedien. During the escape, one of his comrades was injured, recaptured, and subsequently executed by decapitation.
Benboulaïd died on 22 March 1956 with Abdelhamid Amrani—one of his close associates—in the blast following the detonation of a radio bomb parachuted by the French army.
Posterity
National hero, in the Aures and the rest of Algeria, his bust adorns the main square of Batna and Arris.
- An alley named after him and a high school Batna. One of the biggest avenues of Annaba, Bertagna boulevard that connects the avenue of the Revolution (formerly Cours Bertagna) neighborhoods Saint-Cloud, Plaisance and Kouba, and beaches and Chapuis Toche, also bears his name.
- The airport of Batna bears his name.
Film
Ahmed Rachedi produced between 2006 et 2007 a documentary film on Benboulaïd. It was made during the Algerian festival Algiers Capital of the Arab Culture in 2007 "Alger, capitale de la culture arabe 2007", it was produced in collaboration with the Ministry of Veterans "ministère des Moudjahidine", and the Ministry of Culture "le ministère de la culture et l'entreprise", "Missane Balkis films".[1]
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Notes and references
Books and resources
- Au forgeron de Batna, De Jean-Pierre Marin - Préface de Jean Deleplanque; apercu sur google books
