Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian pharmacist and politician (born 1920)

Benyoucef Benkhedda

Algerian politician

Benyoucef Benkhedda was an Algerian politician. He headed the third GPRA exile government of the National Liberation Front (FLN), acting as a leader during the Algerian War (1954–62). At the end of the war, he was briefly the de jure leader of the country, however he was quickly…