Q: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
One president of this country was assassinated by his bodyguard after returning from exile to lead the High Council of State. That council was formed after an annulled election that would have been won by the FIS party in this country. The GIA carried out the Rais Massacre in this nation, in which the First of November declaration was issued by a revolutionary group headed by Ahmed (*) Ben Bella, who would go on to become this country's first post-independence leader. Following the Evian agreements, many of this country's pied-noirs fled to France, which ruled this country prior to a 1954 to 1963 war for independence. For 10 points, name this African country currently led by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the leader of the FLN party, whose largest city and capital is Algiers.
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History