Mohamed Khemisti
| Mohamed Khemisti | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 28 September 1962 – 11 April 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Ben Bella |
| Preceded by | Saad Dahlab |
| Succeeded by | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 11, 1930 Maghnia, Algeria |
| Died |
5 May 1963 (aged 32) Algiers, Algeria |
| Political party | National Liberation Front |
Mohamed Khemisti (Arabic: محمد خميستي; born 11 August 1930; died 5 May 1963) was an Algerian politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria for nine months, from 1962 prior to his assassination in 1963.[1] He was married to Fatima Khemisti--instrumental in the enactment of the Khemisti Law, which raised the minimum age of marriage in Algeria to 16 for women and 18 for men.[2]
He also had been the general secretary of UGEMA (the General Union of Muslim Algerian Students) and was imprisoned by the French on November 12, 1957.[3]
References
- ↑ Corleis, Juergen (2011). Always on the Other Side: A Journalist's Journey from Hitler to Howard's End. EMUBooks. pp. 134–135. ISBN 9781447856405. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ Naylor, Phillip C. Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 524. ISBN 9780810879195. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ Paget, Karen M. (2015). Patriotic Betrayal: The Inside Story of the CIA's Secret Campaign to Enroll American Students in the Crusade Against Communism. Yale University Press. p. 203. ISBN 9780300205084. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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- "Mohamed Khemisti, le martyr oublié !?". www.reflexiondz.net. 8 May 2015.
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| Preceded by Saad Dahlab |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1962–1963 |
Succeeded by Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
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