Messali Hadj | |
|---|---|
مصالي الحاج | |
 Messali Elhadj | |
| In office 1927–1954 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmed Ben Messali Hadj[1] May 16, 1898 Tlemcen, French Algeria (present-day Algeria) |
| Died | June 3, 1974 (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Tlemcen |
| Political party | |
| Spouse | Émilie Busquant |
| Children | Ali Messali Hadj (1930–2008), Djanina Messali-Benkelfat (1938–) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Ahmed Ben Messali Hadj (May 16, 1898 – June 3, 1974; commonly known as Messali Hadj, Arabic: مصالي الحاج) was an Algerian nationalist politician dedicated to the independence of his homeland from French colonial rule. He is often called the "father" of Algerian nationalism.[2]
He co-founded the Étoile nord-africaine, and founded the Parti du peuple algérien and the Mouvement pour le triomphe des libertés démocratiques before dissociating himself from the armed struggle for Independence in 1954. He also founded the Mouvement national algérien to counteract the ongoing efforts of the Front de libération nationale.
- ^ Devés-Valdés, Eduardo (2016), "Networks of Peripheral Intellectuals from 1920 to 1940: An Attempt to Map Networks and Construct a Theoretical Approach", in Keim, Wiebke; Çelik, Ercüment; Wöhrer, Veronika (eds.), Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences: Made in Circulation, Routledge, p. 123, ISBN 978-1317127697
- ^ Malley, Robert (1996), The Call From Algeria: Third Worldism, Revolution, and the Turn to Islam, University of California Press, p. 6, ISBN 0520917022