Abderrahmane Farès | |
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1st President of Algeria | |
In office July 3, 1962 – September 20, 1962 |
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Preceded by | Benyoucef Benkhedda |
Succeeded by | Ferhat Abbas |
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Born | 30 January 1911 Amalou, Béjaïa Province |
Died | 13 May 1991 Zemmouri, Algeria |
(aged 80)
Political party | FLN |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abderrahmane Farès (Arabic: عبدالرحمن فارس) (January 30, 1911 - May 13, 1991) was the Chairman of the Provisional Executive of Algeria from 3 July 1962 to 20 September 1962.
Farès, who was born in Amalou, Béjaïa Province, was a lawyer by profession. After the Second World War, Farès was elected to municipal council and the general council of Algiers. In the 1945 French Constituent Assembly election, Farès was the fourth candidate of the Union for Social Progress list for the Muslim non-citizen constituency of Algiers (which had four seats in total). The list won three of the four seats. When the elected Constituent Assembly member Bachir Abdelouahab resigned, Farès overtook his seat in the Assembly on March 14, 1946.[1]
In the Constituent Assembly he was included in the Interior, Algeria and General Administration Commission.[1]
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Preceded by Benyoucef Ben Khedda (As head of the GPRA) |
Chief of the Executive 1962 |
Succeeded by Ferhat Abbas (As Provisional President of Algeria) |
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