Abdur Rahman Farès
Abdur Rahman Farès ( Arabic : عبدالرحمن فارس), also Abderrahmane Farès (born January 30, 1911 in Taher , Algeria ; † May 13, 1991 in Zemmouri , Algeria), was an Algerian politician and from July 3, 1962 to September 20, 1962 provisional president of Algeria.
Political career
Support the FNL
After studying law , Farès established himself as a notary in 1936 . After the end of the Second World War he joined the SFIO , for which he was a member of the first national assembly of the Algers department in 1946 . He represented the idea of equality between non-Muslim and Muslim French. Disappointed that his proposals were rejected, he withdrew from the National Assembly and in 1953 became President of the Regional Assembly of Southern Algeria.
Farès, the first the assimilation of Jacques Soustelle advocated approached after the massacre of Constantinois the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN). In 1956 Farès settled in Paris with the task of raising funds to finance the independence movement together with the French department of the FLN. He also notarized the movement. On November 4, 1961, he was arrested by the French authorities and taken to Fresnes prison.
Interim President
On March 19, 1962, Farès was released on the basis of the treaties of Évian and in April of the same year was appointed president of the newly established Algerian transitional government and negotiated with the French state on the independence of Algeria. After France officially recognized this on July 3, 1962, Farès became the first president of Algeria. During his tenure, he called on the Algerian people not to attack the country's European population. In addition, the Algerian National Assembly was founded during his term of office. On September 25, 1962, he handed over his office as transitional president to Ferhat Abbas .
Farès was arrested in July 1964 because of his opposition to Ahmed Ben Bella's authoritarian policies . After Houari Boumedienne came to power a year later, Farès was pardoned and withdrew from political life. In 1982 he published an autobiography entitled "La Cruelle vérité: l'Algérie de 1945 à l'indépendance". Farés died on May 13, 1991 at the age of 79 in Zemmouri, Algeria .
Web links
- Abderrahman Farès on assemblee-nationale.fr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farès, Abdur Rahman |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Farès, Abderrahmane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Algerian politician and president, member of the National Assembly (France) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taher , Algeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1991 |
| Place of death | Zemmouri , Algeria |