Socialist Forces Front

Socialist Forces Front
  • Arabic: جبهة القوى الاشتراكية
AbbreviationFFS
First National SecretaryYoucef Aouchiche
FounderHocine Aït Ahmed
Founded29 September 1963; 60 years ago (1963-09-29)
Legalised1990
Split fromFLN
HeadquartersAlgiers, Algeria
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliationForces of the Democratic Alternative (2019–2020)
International affiliation
Colours  Blue
Council of the Nation
4 / 144
People's National Assembly
0 / 407
People's Provincial Assemblies
63 / 2,004
Municipalities
64 / 1,540
People's Municipal Assemblies
897 / 24,786
Website
www.ffs.dz

The Socialist Forces Front (Arabic: جبهة القوى الاشتراكية; Berber languages: Tirni n (Y)iɣallen Inemlayen) is a social democratic and secularist political party, mainly supported by Berbers in Algeria. The FFS is a member of the Socialist International and the Progressive Alliance. It led an unsuccessful rebellion against the Algerian government from 1963 to 1964.