Saad Dahlab (April 18, 1918 – December 16, 2000) was an Algerian nationalist and politician. A long-time national activist, he played a part in virtually all the early Algerian nationalist movements: L' Étoile Nord-Africaine (ENA), the Parti du Peuple Algérien (PPA) and the Mouvement pour la Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques (MTLD), all of them headed by

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Biography

He was jailed by

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from 1945 to 1946. After becoming part of the internal anti-Hadj opposition in the PPA-MTLD, he joined the emergent Front de libération nationale (FLN) splinter group, which began an armed rebellion in 1954. During the

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(1954–62), he was involved with the creation of ''

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''—the FLN

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that evolved into independent Algeria's main

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daily—as well as with

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transmissions and other

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efforts. He also served as minister of foreign affairs in the 1961-62 version of the group's exile government (the GPRA). After independence in 1962 he served as diplomat in

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, and pursued a career in

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. In his later years, he started a publishing company, and among other things published his

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of the war years. 1918 births 2000 deaths Étoile Nord-Africaine politicians Algerian People's Party politicians Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties politicians National Liberation Front (Algeria) politicians Algerian diplomats Government ministers of Algeria

References

People from Tiaret Province Ministers of foreign affairs of Algeria {{Algeria-politician-stub