Kaïd Ahmed (Commandant Si Slimane)
Source: FLN Political Bureau Archives (1965–1975)
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Kaïd Ahmed (Commandant Si Slimane) 🇩🇿

قايد أحمد (سي سليمان) (Known as "Commandant Si Slimane")
Commandant of the ALN General Staff, Minister of Finance, Leader of the Agrarian Revolution
Born Mar 17, 1921 🇩🇿 Tiaret, Algeria
Passed Away Mar 05, 1978 Rabat (in political exile), Morocco
Lifespan 56 years old
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"Without a self-sufficient rural economy, national independence remains an illusion."

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Senior ALN commander (Commandant Si Slimane) in Wilaya 5, Minister of Finance and Tourism, and party chief who spearheaded early agrarian and economic modernization.

Biographical Record

Kaïd Ahmed was born in Tiaret and became a leading nationalist organizer in the western high plateaus. Entering the ALN in 1955, he was appointed Commandant Si Slimane, serving as a trusted chief deputy to Houari Boumédiène in the General Staff and taking part in the Evian Accords negotiations.

After independence, he served as Minister of Tourism, Minister of Finance, and Head of the FLN Party Apparatus (1967–1972). Known for his fiery oratorical power and bold administrative reforms, he modernized tax structures and launched large-scale industrial projects before breaking with Boumédiène over aspects of the Agrarian Revolution.

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Final Resting Place

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Sidi Khaled Cemetery
Tiaret, Algeria
GPS: 35.3711, 1.3167
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