Messali Hadj
Belkacem Radjef (1909–1989) was born in Fort-National (today Larbaâ Nath Irathen, Tizi Ouzou Province), Algeria and spent 32 years of his life in the fight for Algerian independence from French colonialism. He joined the first movement for independence, , in 1930. He became its treasurer in 1933 and was one of its president's, Messali Hadj, two principal lieutenants and advisors during the 1930s.