Cherif Guellal
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Cherif Guellal 🇩🇿

شريف قلال (Known as "Cherif Guellal")
First Ambassador of Algeria to the United States, Diplomatic Luminary, Statesman
Born Aug 18, 1932 🇩🇿 Algiers, Algeria
Passed Away Apr 07, 2009 Algiers, Algeria
Lifespan 76 years old
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"Algeria entered the international arena not as a supplicant, but as an equal champion of human liberty."

Archival Overview

First Ambassador of independent Algeria to Washington, who established warm personal friendships with President John F. Kennedy and American civil rights leaders.

Biographical Record

Cherif Guellal was a brilliant young FLN diplomat who represented the Provisional Government across Europe and the Americas during the revolutionary war. In 1963, President Ahmed Ben Bella appointed Guellal as the first Ambassador of the Algerian Republic to the United States.

In Washington, Guellal established close personal ties with President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, turning the Algerian Embassy into a celebrated intellectual salon visited by Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and leading American senators, establishing Algeria as a bridge between the Third World and the United States.

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Final Resting Place

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El Alia Cemetery
Algiers, Algeria
GPS: 36.7267, 3.1611
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