Benyoucef Benkhedda
| Benyoucef Benkhedda | |
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| Head of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic | |
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In office 9 August 1961 – 3 July 1962 |
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| Vice President |
Krim Belkacem Ahmed Ben Bella Mohamed Boudiaf |
| Preceded by | Ferhat Abbas |
| Succeeded by | Abderrahmane Farès |
| Head of Government of Algeria | |
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In office 9 August 1961 – 22 July 1962 |
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| President | Himself Abderrahmane Farès |
| Preceded by | Ferhat Abbas |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Ben Bella (as Prime Minister) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 23, 1920 Berrouaghia, Médéa Province, Algeria |
| Died | February 4, 2003 (aged 82) Algiers, Algeria |
| Nationality | Algerian |
| Political party | FLN |
| Alma mater | University of Algiers |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Pharmacist |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Benyoucef Benkhedda (Arabic: بن يوسف بن خدة; February 23, 1920 – February 4, 2003) was an Algerian politician. He headed the third GPRA exile government of the National Liberation Front (FLN), acting as a leader during the Algerian War (1954–62). At the end of the war, he was briefly the de jure leader of the country, however he was quickly sidelined by more conservative figures.
Benyoucef Benkhedda was born in 1920 in Berrouaghia, Médéa Province. The son of a Qadi, he attended both the local Madrasah and French colonial school. He later attended the Ibn Rochd lycée at Blida where he met pioneering Algerian nationalists such as Mohamed Lamine Debaghine, Saad Dahlab, Abane Ramdane, Ali Boumendjel and M’hamed Yazid. "You are the knives which we sharpen against France!" was the oft repeated cry of the college headmaster.
Having received his baccalauréat, he entered the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Algiers in 1943, and after an interruption of his studies, obtained his degree in pharmacy in 1953. In 1942 he joined the Algerian People's Party (PPA). A year later he was arrested and detained by local SDECE agents for campaigning against conscription of Algerians in the war against Germany as part of the "unsubmissives of Blida". He was released eight months later.
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