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Ferhat Abbas

1899 - 1985

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Ferhat Abbas (Arabic: فرحات عباس‎; ALA-LC: Farḥāt ʿAbbās; 24 August 1899 – 24 December 1985) was an Algerian politician who acted in a provisional capacity as the then yet-to-become independent country's Prime Minister from 1958 to 1961, as well as the first President of the National Assembly and the first acting Chief of State after independence. An influential figure in the Young Algerians, Abbas initially advocated for equal political rights for Algerian Muslims in France and for the granting of French citizenship for Algerian Muslims. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferhat Abbas has received more than 174,551 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Ferhat Abbas is the 3,003rd most popular politician (down from 2,847th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 25th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Algerian Politician.

Ferhat Abbas was a leader of the Algerian National Liberation Front during the Algerian War of Independence. He was also the first President of Algeria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferhat Abbas ranks 3,003 out of 19,576. Before him are Konrad Henlein, Cardinal de Rohan, Huáscar, Bardiya, Kyösti Kallio, and Philippa of England. After him are Al-Muntasir, Philotas, Nexhmije Hoxha, Luigi Einaudi, Herschel Grynszpan, and Shamshi-Adad I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Ferhat Abbas ranks 34. Before him are Cevdet Sunay, Bertil Ohlin, Max Theiler, Alfred Schütz, Gloria Swanson, and Charles Laughton. After him are Jean Moulin, Georg von Békésy, Suzanne Lenglen, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Leo Strauss, and Bronislav Kaminski. Among people deceased in 1985, Ferhat Abbas ranks 21. Before him are Charles Francis Richter, Dian Fossey, Lon Nol, Philip Larkin, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Anne Baxter. After him are John Franklin Enders, Paul Flory, Margaret Mahler, Emil Gilels, Macfarlane Burnet, and James Hadley Chase.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Ferhat Abbas ranks 26 out of 213. Before him are Martianus Capella (360), Daniel Auteuil (1950), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933), Jacques Rancière (1940), and Syphax (-250). After him are Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Marlène Jobert (1940), Assia Djebar (1936), and Edwige Fenech (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Ferhat Abbas ranks 13. Before him are Houari Boumédiène (1932), Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), and Syphax (-250). After him are Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Chadli Bendjedid (1929), Micipsa (-200), Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), and Liamine Zéroual (1941).

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