Ahmed Mahsas
Algerian politician
Ahmed Mahsas (Arabic: أحمد (علي) محساس; 17 November 1923 – 24 February 2013) was an Algerian Fighter in the nationalist movement against French Algeria.
Early life
Ahmed Mahsas was born on 17 November 1923 in Boudouaou, Kabylia (now Boumerdès). He grew up in the wooded and mountainous region of the Col des Beni Aïcha.
His family is from the village of Mahsas near Tidjelabine and the Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi. His parents settled in Boudouaou at the start of the 20th century.
Algerian nationalism
Mahsas was an early independence activist, and joined the Algerian People's Party (PPA) in Boudouaou in 1940 when he was 16.
He was arrested by French authorities for the first time in 1941 with Mohamed Belouizdad for his actions within the PPA in the Belcourt (Belouizdad) district of Algiers.
He became a militant in Algiers within organizations related to the PPA, such as the Central Youth Committee of Grand Paris (French: Comité central jeune du grand Paris) (CCJGA) and the Youth Committee of Belcourt (French: Comité de la jeunesse de Belcourt) (CJB).
Mahsas was imprisoned several times for his militant activities and had important responsibilities within the PPA where he was a member of the Central Committee and the Organizing Committee. He also participated in organizational work at the territorial and national levels.
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