Federation of Elected Natives

The Federation of Elected Natives (French: Fédération des élus indigènes algeriens) was a grouping of elected officials in French Algeria. Its most prominent members were Mohamed Bendjelloul and Ferhat Abbas.

Algeria
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Algeria

Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League

History

The Federation was established in 1927 by the assimilationists in the Young Algerians.[1] Many of its members were teachers and liberal professionals, and the organisation became influential in Constantine.[1] In 1936 it formed the Algerian Muslim Congress (CMA) alongside the Algerian People's Party and the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema.[2]

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References
  1. Frank Tachau (1994) Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, Greenwood Press, p4
  2. Tachau, p7
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