Saïd Boualam
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He was elected a député during the Fifth Republic for Orléansville, for the party Regroupement national pour l'unité de la République (RNUR) in 1958. On 26 September 1959 he survived an attempted murder.
In 1960 he was responsible for the creation of the French Algerian Front, which was banned by the French government after less than a year. After the group was disbanded he retired to France in 1962. He died on 8 February 1982 at Mas-Thibert, about Script error: No such module "convert". from Arles.
From 1958 to 1962, Boualam was four times elected vice-president of the National Assembly, becoming a symbol of pro-French Muslims.[1]
Honours
- Grand Officer of the Légion d’honneur (1978)
- Commander of the Légion d'honneur
- Croix de Guerre 1939-1945
- Croix de la Valeur militaire
- Croix du Combattant
Footnotes
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- ↑ Bruno Fuligni, Les Quinze Mille Députés d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, préface de Jean-Louis Debré, Éditions Horay, 2006, La Revue Parlementaire, n°887
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Works
- Mon pays, la France, éd. France Empire, Paris, 1962
- Les Harkis au service de la France, éd. France Empire, Paris, 1963
- L'Algérie sans la France, éd. France Empire, Paris, 1964