Lakhdar Bentobal
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Lakhdar Bentobal 🇩🇿

لخضر بن طوبال (سليمان) (Known as "Bentobal")
Member of the Historic 'Group of 22', Minister of Interior of the GPRA, ALN Colonel
Born Jan 08, 1923 🇩🇿 Mila, Algeria
Passed Away Aug 21, 2010 Algiers, Algeria
Lifespan 87 years old
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"We knew the road was perilous and that many of us would not survive, but Algeria's liberty was worth every sacrifice."

Archival Overview

One of the 22 historic pioneers who launched the Algerian Revolution in 1954, member of the powerful revolutionary '3Bs' triumvirate, and Minister of the Interior of the GPRA.

Biographical Record

Slimane Bentobal, universally known by his nom de guerre Lakhdar Bentobal, was an active member of the Organisation Spéciale. In June 1954, he met with twenty-one comrades in the Clos Salambier district of Algiers to make the fateful decision for armed revolution.

A fierce guerrilla leader in Wilaya II, he participated in the 1956 Soummam Congress, was promoted to Colonel, and served alongside Abdelhafid Boussouf and Krim Belkacem in the '3Bs' leadership. As Minister of the Interior of the GPRA, he helped steer the negotiations leading to the Evian Accords in 1962.

Key Life Milestones

1954

Historic Gathering of the Group of 22

Voted in the secret Algiers conclave that committed the Algerian nationalist movement to armed insurrection.

1954

Historic Gathering of the Group of 22

Voted in the secret Algiers conclave that committed the Algerian nationalist movement to armed insurrection.

1954

Historic Gathering of the Group of 22

Voted in the secret Algiers conclave that committed the Algerian nationalist movement to armed insurrection.

1958

Minister of the Interior of the GPRA

Oversaw the administration and intelligence networks of the provisional revolutionary government.

1958

Minister of the Interior of the GPRA

Oversaw the administration and intelligence networks of the provisional revolutionary government.

1958

Minister of the Interior of the GPRA

Oversaw the administration and intelligence networks of the provisional revolutionary government.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
El Alia Cemetery (Martyrs Square)
Algiers, Algeria
GPS: 36.7267, 3.1611
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