Joseph Ortiz
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Joseph "Joey" Ortiz (born April 4, 1917 in Guyotville , French Algeria , † February 15, 1995 in Toulon ) was a French political activist who violently opposed the independence of Algeria in various organizations . He was one of the rebels of the journée des barricades ("Day of the Barricades") on January 24, 1960 in Algeria and was the founder of the underground movement Front national français (FNF). Later he was an important member of the Organization de l'armée secrète (OAS).
Life
Joseph Ortiz, who was born to Spanish parents, was a landlord from Algiers and a supporter of Poujadism , was involved in right-wing extremist circles in Algeria and became a militant supporter of the preservation of the Algérie française . He is accused of planning and carrying out the assassination attempt on January 16, 1957 against the Algerian general Raoul Salan , commander of the 10th military region and the armies in Algiers. He was also involved in the uprising on May 13, 1958 in Algiers.
At the end of 1959, Ortiz founded the Front national français and planned u. a. together with the MPs Pierre Lagaillarde , Guy Forzy and Jean-Baptiste Biaggi and the student Jean-Jacques Susini the uprising of the journée des barricades on January 24, 1960, which turned the Franco-Algerian into a Franco-French conflict.
Ortiz then fled to Spain , where the Organization de l'armée secrète was formed in Madrid from the various underground organizations under the direction of Pierre Lagaillarde . As a senior member of the OAS in France, he was sentenced to death in absentia in 1961 and lived underground.
In 1968, Ortiz was pardoned along with other heads of the OAS by Charles de Gaulle and then settled in the Var department , where he died on February 15, 1995.
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| SURNAME | Ortiz, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ortiz, Joseph Joey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French innkeeper, co-founder of the Organization de l'armée secrète (OAS) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guyotville , French Algeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1995 |
| Place of death | Toulon , France |