National Liberation Front (Algerian)
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National Liberation Front
جبهة التحرير الوطني |
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| French name | Front de Libération Nationale |
| Abbreviation | FLN |
| President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| Secretary-General | Djamel Ould Abbes |
| Founded | 1 November 1954 |
| Preceded by | CRUA |
| Headquarters | Algiers |
| Ideology |
Algerian nationalism Arab nationalism Democratic socialism Social democracy |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative) |
| Colors | Red, green and white |
| People's National Assembly |
164 / 462
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| Council of the Nation |
40 / 144
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The National Liberation Front (Arabic: جبهة التحرير الوطني Jabhatu l-Taḥrīru l-Waṭanī; French: Front de Libération Nationale, FLN) is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was the principal nationalist movement during the Algerian War and the sole legal and the ruling political party of the Algerian state until other parties were legalised in 1989.
The FLN was established on 10 October 1954 after a split in the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties, and was formed largely by former members of the Special Organisation paramilitary group who were in hiding. It succeeded the Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action (CRUA), which had been formed earlier in the year. It initially had a five-man leadership consisting of Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Larbi Ben M'hidi, Rabah Bitat, Mohamed Boudiaf and Mourad Didouche. They were joined by Krim Belkacem in August, and Hocine Aït Ahmed, Ahmed Ben Bella and Mohamed Khider later in the summer.
On 1 November 1954 the FLN launched the Algerian War. Didouche was killed on 18 January 1955, whilst both Ben Boulaïd and Bitat were captured by the French. Abane Ramdane was recruited to take control of the FLN's Algiers campaign, and went on to become one of its most effective leaders. By 1956 nearly all the nationalist organizations in Algeria had joined the FLN, which had established itself as the main nationalist group through both co-opting and coercing smaller organizations; the most important group that remained outside the FLN was Messali Hadj's Algerian National Movement (MNA). At this time the FLN reorganized into something like a provisional government, consisting of a five-man executive and legislative body, and was organized territorially into six wilayas, following the Ottoman-era administrative boundaries.
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