The Kabyle Provisional Government () is a self-proclaimed

provisional government A provisional government, also called an interim government, an emergency government, a transitional government or provisional leadership, is a temporary government formed to manage a period of transition, often following state collapse, revoluti ...

in the form of an association formed in Paris by the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia and aimed at declaring the independence of

Kabylia Kabylia or Kabylie (; in Kabyle: Tamurt n leqbayel; in Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵇⴱⴰⵢⴻⵍ; ), meaning "Land of the Tribes" is a mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is ...

is a mountainous region, located east of

Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...

, and is a traditional center of conflict. The Kabyles, who speak Kabyle (a

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), have been campaigning since the

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for the recognition of their language and their culture.

History

A provisional government advocating the

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of Kabylia was formed on the evening of

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, 2010 in

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, "to no longer suffer injustice, contempt and domination by the government of Algiers." In a press release,

Ferhat Mehenni Ferhat Mehenni ( Kabyle: Ferḥat Mhenni; born March 5, 1951) is a Kabyle politician, writer, protest singer, musician and songwriter, founder and first President in June 5, 2001 of the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia (MAK) renamed in Oct ...

, the president of the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylia (MAK), claimed that "Denied in our existence, flouted in our dignity, discriminated against on all levels, we have been denied our identity, our language, and our Kabyle culture, robbed of our natural resources, we are, to this day, administered like colonized people, even foreigners in Algeria.” He added that "Today, if we are setting up our provisional government, it is so as not to endure the injustice, contempt, domination, frustrations and discrimination that we have endured since 1962." The Kabyle Provisional Government was then composed of a president and nine ministers, two women and seven men, from the three sub-regions of Kabylia. However, following a deep disagreement with the president who was accused of slowing down ministerial actions, the Minister of the Budget, Minister of Health and Solidarity, Minister of the Interior, and Minister for Relations with the society all resigned. A 5th minister resigned following Mehenni's election as President of MAK France. The chief of staff of the presidency was also sacked by Mehenni. The Kabyle Provisional Government was admitted on

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, 2013 as a full member of the Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS), an American

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based in Washington. On August 26, 2021, Algeria issued an international arrest warrant for Ferhat MehenniL’Algérie lance un mandat d’arrêt contre le chef du MAK, Ferhat Mehenni
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References

External links

Journal officiel du Gouvernement provisoire kabyle -en français

Journal officiel du Gouvernement provisoire kabyle -en kabyle

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