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He was voted onto the thirty member central committee of [[:fr:Étoile nord-africaine|L'Etoile Nord Africaine]] (ENA) and remained in this position through both subsequent renamings of the organization: the [http://algerian-history.info/_temp_9abe10.htm Parti du Peuple Algerien] in 1937 and [http://algerian-history.info/_templatepage.htm Le Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques] in 1946. The start of the [[Algerian War of Independence]] on November 1st, 1954 marked the merger of the military, religious, and political liberation associations into [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|Le Front de Libération Nationale]] (FLN). Radjef became a permanent member of this organization's central committee in 1956 and remained so until the Algerian Independence in 1962. |
He was voted onto the thirty member central committee of [[:fr:Étoile nord-africaine|L'Etoile Nord Africaine]] (ENA) and remained in this position through both subsequent renamings of the organization: the [http://algerian-history.info/_temp_9abe10.htm Parti du Peuple Algerien] in 1937 and [http://algerian-history.info/_templatepage.htm Le Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques] in 1946. The start of the [[Algerian War of Independence]] on November 1st, 1954 marked the merger of the military, religious, and political liberation associations into [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|Le Front de Libération Nationale]] (FLN). Radjef became a permanent member of this organization's central committee in 1956 and remained so until the Algerian Independence in 1962. |
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He then joined the new Algerian government as a special attaché to the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs ([[Bachir Boumaza]]). At the same time he founded [[Le Secours National Algerien]], whose mission was to feed, lodge, and educate the neglected shoe- |
He then joined the new Algerian government as a special attaché to the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs ([[Bachir Boumaza]]). At the same time he founded [[Le Secours National Algerien]], whose mission was to feed, lodge, and educate the neglected shoe-shining youth of the colonial era. Radjef retired in 1978. |
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Revision as of 01:47, 25 January 2006
Belkacem Radjef (1909-1989) was born in Fort-National (today Larbaa Naït Iraten), Algeria and spent 32 years of his life in the fight to liberate Algeria from French colonialism. He joined the first movement for independence (L'Etoile Nord Africaine) in 1930. He became its Treasurer in 1933 and was one of its president's, Messali Hadj, two principal lieutenants and advisors during the 1930's.
He was voted onto the thirty member central committee of L'Etoile Nord Africaine (ENA) and remained in this position through both subsequent renamings of the organization: the Parti du Peuple Algerien in 1937 and Le Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques in 1946. The start of the Algerian War of Independence on November 1st, 1954 marked the merger of the military, religious, and political liberation associations into Le Front de Libération Nationale (FLN). Radjef became a permanent member of this organization's central committee in 1956 and remained so until the Algerian Independence in 1962.
He then joined the new Algerian government as a special attaché to the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (Bachir Boumaza). At the same time he founded Le Secours National Algerien, whose mission was to feed, lodge, and educate the neglected shoe-shining youth of the colonial era. Radjef retired in 1978.
Personal Life: Radjef had three children with his wife, Reine Bulot: Tarek, Yamina, and Patrick (né Amar).
References
- Cauchois, Elisabeth. MEMOIRE DE MAITRISE: BELKACEM RADJEF, (1909.1989). Université de Paris 7: October 1996.
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