Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
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الحكومة المؤقتة للجمهورية الجزائرية Gouvernement provisoire de la République Algérienne |
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Anthem "Kassaman" |
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| Capital | Algiers (de jure until 1962) | |||||||||
| Capital-in-exile |
Cairo (1958-1960) Tunis (1960-1962) |
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| Languages |
Arabic French |
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| Government | Government in exile | |||||||||
| President | ||||||||||
| • | 1958–1961 | Ferhat Abbas | ||||||||
| • | 1961–1962 | Benyoucef Benkhedda | ||||||||
| Historical era | Decolonization of Africa | |||||||||
| • | Beginning of Algerian War | 1 November 1954 | ||||||||
| • | GPRA proclaimed | 19 September 1958 | ||||||||
| • | Évian Accords | 19 March 1962 | ||||||||
| • | GPRA seated in Algiers | 1 July 1962 | ||||||||
| • | Independence proclaimed | 5 July 1962 | ||||||||
| • | People's Democratic Republic of Algeria established | 25 September 1962 | ||||||||
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The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (Arabic: الحكومة المؤقتة للجمهورية الجزائرية, ح م ج ج; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République Algérienne) was the government-in-exile of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) during the latter part of the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62).
The GPRA was set up in Cairo, Egypt, by the FLN on September 19, 1958, four years into the Algerian War of Independence. Its first President was the moderate nationalist Ferhat Abbas, who had for decades insisted on trying to peacefully reform the French colonial system, before finally despairing and joining the FLN's armed struggle. He was once re-elected to the post, in 1960, but as early as the following year he was sidelined and replaced by Benyoucef Benkhedda, who held the presidency as Algeria was declared independent.
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