Messali Hadj
| Messali Hadj | |
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| مصالي الحاج | |
Messali Elhadj
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In office 1927–1954 |
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| Born | 19 May 1898 Tlemcen, French Algeria |
| Died | 3 June 1974 Paris, France |
| Resting place | Tlemcen |
| Nationality | Algerian |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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| Battles/wars | Algerian War |
Ahmed Ben Messali, commonly known as Messali Hadj (Arabic: مصالي الحاج Turkish: Ahmet Messali Hac),(1898 in Tlemcen, French Algeria - June 3, 1974 in Paris, France) was an Algerian nationalist politician dedicated to the independence of his homeland from France. He co-founded the Étoile nord-africaine, 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.
Hadj was born in 1898 into an Algerian family, his father was of Turkish origin, and his mother of native Algerian origin. In 1927 he was elected leader of an Algerian workers' association based in Paris. He attended the Anti-Imperialism Congress in Belgium that year, which created the League against Imperialism, and met with Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh. Back in France and in his native Algeria, then a French colony, Messali helped build an underground movement and work towards Algerian independence. In the 1920s he started Étoile nord-africaine (North African Star), one of the first modern Algerian nationalist organizations, and in 1937 he founded the Algerian People's Party (PPA). Both groups were suppressed by France, and in November 1937, Messali was put on trial for agitation, and imprisoned for several years.
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