Abbas, Ferhat, 1899-1985

LC control no.	n 81086411
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Abbas, Ferhat, 1899-1985 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ferhat Abbas, 1899-1985 ʻAbbās, Farḥāt, 1899-1985 Farḥāt ʻAbbās, 1899-1985 ʻAbbās, Faraḥāt, 1899-1985 عباس، فرحات
Associated country	Algeria
Birth date	18991024
Death date	19851223
Place of birth	Chagna (Algeria)
Place of death	Algiers (Algeria)
Affiliation	Fédération des Élus Indigenes Union Populaire Algérienne Union Démocratique du Manifeste Algérien Université d'Alger Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī
Profession or occupation	Politicians Essayists Authors
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Found in	Guerre et révolution d'Algérie, 1962- Ferhat Abbas, une utopie algérienne, c1995: p. 401, etc. (b. 24 Oct. 1899, d. 24 Dec. 1985) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed October 11, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Abbas, Ferhat; political figure; born 24 October 1899 in Chagna, Algeria; graduated from pharmacy school, University of Algiers (1931); led the Fédération des Élus Indigenes (FEI, Federation of Elected Natives); served as a municipal councilor for Sétif (1935) and Constantine (1936); declared in a famous essay in Entente (newspaper) no Algerian nation existed and the future of Algeria is tied to France (1935); formed moderate party, the Union Populaire Algérienne (UPA) (1938); volunteered to serve in the French army, WWII (1939); helped to produce the Manifeste du Peuple Algérien for more political rights for all Algerians (1943); started the Association des Amis du Manifeste et de la Liberté (AML) movement of PPA supporters and reformist Muslim scholars; formed the Union Democratique du Manifeste Algérien (UDMA), called for an autonomous Algerian state within the French Union (1946); served on the Algerian Assembly (1947-1955); leader of Front of National Liberation (FLN) provisional government in exile, Tunis (1958); very skillful diplomat, presented the FLN's case to various foreign governments in North Africa and elsewhere; removed from leadership position (1961); head of the new Algerian parliament (1962-1963), resigned because FLN's constitution ignored parliamentary recommendations and that FLN leader Ahmed Ben Bella was too authoritarian; dismissed from the FLN and arrested (1964); criticized Boumedienne's dictatorship and was arrested (1976); liberated again, wrote books and essays about postcolonial Algerian state (1978); was one of the most important figures in Algerian politics in the twentieth century; died 23 December 1985 in Algiers, Algeria)
Associated language	fre ara