1962 in Algeria
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1962 in Algeria:
Incumbents
- Head of State:
- until 22 July: Benyoucef Benkhedda
- 22 July-25 September: Abderrahmane Farès
- starting 25 September: Ferhat Abbas
- Prime Minister: Ahmed Ben Bella (starting 27 September)
Events
This was the year that Algeria's revolution against the tyrannical colonialism of France officially ended after the peace talks in March of that year between the NLF (National Liberation Front) and the French government. This was followed by a ceasefire called between the NLF and the OAS, a secret army determined to keep Algeria a French colony, which was what officially ended the fighting.[1]
July
- 1 July: the Algerian Évian Accords referendum, 1962
September
- 26 September: the Algerian legislative election, 1962
Births
- January 21: Ali BenHalima (Algerian international footballer)
- February 2: Mustapha Moussa (Algerian boxer)
- February 5: Chaba Fadela (an Algerian raï musician and actress)
gollark: Me!
gollark: I should be available, but can't really do anything beyond catching and watching hopefully.
gollark: ~~Friendship~~ Trading is Magic
gollark: And then you can use the magic of trading to convert the turned new releases into stupid amounts of new releases!
gollark: ~~and if you try and measure which ones ND best, TJ09 will kill you~~
References
- Evans, Martin. "French Resistance and the Algerian War." History Today. History Today Ltd., 1991. Web. 16 June 2014.
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