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-lsb- national assembly -rsb- http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/histoire/biographies/ivrepublique/lamine-debaghine-mohamed-24011917.asp biography on the website of the french 23 january 2003 algiers , algeria hussein dey , algeria constantine département -lrb- algeria -rrb- french until algeria 's independence , then algerian mtld chamber -rrb- of deputies of france -lrb- french fourth republic physician 24 january 1917 1945 1946 mohamed lamine debaghine
 1946 1951 mohamed lamine debaghine algiers university
mohamed lamine debaghine

dr. mohamed lamine debaghine -lrb- born january 24 , 1917 in hussein dey , algeria -- died january 23 , 2003 in algiers , algeria -rrb- was an algerian politician and independence activist .
mohamed lamine debaghine , holding a doctorate of medicine from algiers university , opened a medical practice in the eastern constantine region in 1944 .
at the time , algeria was a governorate of france , but with the exception of european settlers , algerians were not accorded civil rights .
he quickly became active in politics , and joined messali hadj 's parti du peuple algérien -lrb- ppa -rrb- leftist nationalist movement in 1939 .
during the second world war , he was arrested by colonial authorities for nationalist agitation and for inciting algerian conscripts to refuse military service in the french army -lrb- while also condemning nazism -rrb- .
he emerged as one of the group 's most important leaders , pushing for confrontation with the colonial authorities and demanding independence -lrb- as opposed to the more moderate followers of ferhat abbas , who , unlike the ppa , restricted their demands to full citizenship for algerian muslims and autonomous rule -rrb- .
in 1946 , lamine debaghine was elected to the french parliament as a deputy of constantine on a list backed by the movement for the triumph of democratic liberties , a successor movement to the banned ppa .
in parliament , he called for algeria 's independence and described france 's annexation of the country in 1830 an `` aggression '' , but otherwise stayed out of most parliamentary debates and votes -lrb- an exception being to vote against french membership in nato in 1949 -rrb- .
in 1951 , his parliamentary mandate ended , and three years later , an armed rebellion for algeria 's independence erupted led by the front de libération nationale -lrb- fln -rrb- , a ppa/mtld splinter group .
in 1956 , lamine debaghine was made a member of the fln 's exterior delegation -lrb- i.e. outside the country -rrb- and its shadow parliament , the cnra , later cce .
lamine debaghine was elected minister of foreign affairs in the first lineup of the fln 's government-in-exile , gpra , under ferhat abbas 's presidency , holding the post for the period 1958-1960 .
in this role , he served as a primary spokesman of the fln to the outside world , and worked to build alliances with the newly independent countries of the arab world and other regions .
however , being outside the country , he had limited authority over the actual armed rebellion of the fln 's armed wing , the armée de libération nationale -lrb- aln -rrb- .
a time magazine article from 1957 described him as abbas 's close collaborator , `` dr. mohammed lamine-debaghine , 40 , bitterly anti-french veteran nationalist who is subject to bouts of depression caused by attacks of neuralgia that partially paralyze his face . ''
as an ally of abane ramdane , he was later sidelined by ramdane 's rivals , including ahmed ben bella and others , and he was excluded from the gpra 's two following ministerial lineups , as well as from any important role in post-independence politics .
following the war , he reopened a medical practice in sétif .
he died in algiers , the algerian capital , in 2003 , at the age of 86 .
