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Hocine Aït Ahmed
Aït Yahia (Kabylie), Algeria
Archival Overview
Legendary Algerian statesman, chief of the Organisation Spéciale, diplomat of the Bandung Conference, and lifelong champion of pluralist democracy and human rights.
Biographical Record
Hocine Aït Ahmed was born in the Djurdjura mountains of Kabylie. At age twenty-two, he succeeded Mohamed Belouizdad as national head of the covert Organisation Spéciale (OS), drafting the strategic report advocating revolutionary armed guerrilla war.
As chief diplomat of the FLN abroad, he represented Algeria at the historic 1955 Bandung Conference and the United Nations. Hijacked aboard the Moroccan royal plane with Ben Bella in 1956, he spent years in French prisons. In 1963, he founded the Socialist Forces Front (FFS), remaining the moral conscience of Algerian democratic opposition until his passing in 2015.
Key Life Milestones
Authorship of the Zeddine Strategic Report
Authored the foundational blueprint that defined guerrilla armed struggle as the path to liberation.
Authorship of the Zeddine Strategic Report
Authored the foundational blueprint that defined guerrilla armed struggle as the path to liberation.
Authorship of the Zeddine Strategic Report
Authored the foundational blueprint that defined guerrilla armed struggle as the path to liberation.
Internationalization of the Algerian Cause at Bandung
Secured global diplomatic recognition for the Algerian independence struggle at the Afro-Asian Conference.
Internationalization of the Algerian Cause at Bandung
Secured global diplomatic recognition for the Algerian independence struggle at the Afro-Asian Conference.
Internationalization of the Algerian Cause at Bandung
Secured global diplomatic recognition for the Algerian independence struggle at the Afro-Asian Conference.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialAït Ahmed (Ain El Hammam, Kabylie), Algeria