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Ferhat Abbas
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(born Aug. 24, 1899, Taher, Alg.died Dec. 24, 1985, Algiers) Algerian political leader who served as first president of the provisional government of the Algerian Republic (1958). Originally a Francophile, he became disillusioned with France, and during World War II (193945) he issued a condemnation of French ...