Mohamed Boudiaf

Mohamed Boudiaf (23 June 1919 – 29 June 1992, Arabic: محمد بوضياف‎; ALA-LC: Muḥammad Bū-Ḍiyāf), dem sanso call am Si Tayeb el Watani, na he be Algerian politician den statesman, den one of de founders of de revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) wey lead de Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962). Na dem exile Boudiaf soon after Algeria ein independence wey na he no go back to Algeria for 27 years. Na he return insyd 1992 make he accept ein appointed position of Chairman of de High Council of State, buh na dem assassinate am four months later.

 Early years 
Na dem born Mohamed Boudiaf insyd Ouled Madhi (now insyd M'Sila Province), French Algeria, to a family of erstwhile nobility wich na e lost ein standing den influence during colonial times. Na ein education cut short after primary school by poor health (tuberculosis) den ein increasing activism insyd de nascent nationalist movement. A member of de nationalist Parti du Peuple Algérien (PPA) of Messali Hadj, na he later join de successor organization MTLD den ein secret paramilitary wing, de Organisation Spéciale (OS). Na Boudiaf be responsible for organizing de OS network insyd de Sétif region, dey store arms, dey collect funds den dey prepare guerrilla forces. Na dem sentence am in absentia to 10 years of prison by de French authorities, buh na he avoid arrest.

Wen na Messali decide make he dissolve de OS, na ein rivals combine plus stalwarts of de guerrilla strategy make dem form de CRUA, a breakout committee dem design make e lay de groundwork for revolutionary war. Na Boudiaf dey among dem, after falling out plus Messali, whom na he accuse of authoritarian tendencies. Na de CRUA - PPA/MTLD rivalry quickly spiral towards violence, wey na e go continue during de Algerian War til de PPA/MTLD (dem then reorganize as de Mouvement National Algérien, MNA) na e be largely destroyed. Insyd July 1954, na de CRUA-aligned Boudiaf survive an assassination attempt by ein former comrades-in-arms, na dem wound am den lef am dead on an Algiers sidewalk.Jacques Duchemin, Histoire du F. L. N., Editions Mimouni, Algiers 2006

  Assassination den legacy 
On June 29, 1992, na dem cut short Boudiaf ein term as HCE chairman wen na he be assassinated by a bodyguard during a televised public speech at de opening of a cultural center insyd Annaba, on ein first visit outsyd Algiers as head of state. Na de murder cause intense shock insyd Algeria, wey na e remain a moment of iconic importance insyd de country ein modern history. Na Boudiaf einself gain considerably insyd political stature after ein death, wey now he be referred to by chaw political commentators as a martyr give Algeria, wey chaw dey argue say na he fi be de country ein savior.
 Honours 

National honour
 50px Grand Master of de National Order of Merit

 References 

 External links 

 Achour Cheurfi, La classe politique algérienne, de 1900 à nos jours. Dictionnaire biographique (Casbah Editions, 2nd edition, Algiers 2006)

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