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Bureau Politique

Algerian government
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The "Bureau Politique" was a powerful executive body within Algeria's National Liberation Front (FLN). This party was the sole legal political entity in Algeria from 1962 to 1989, emerging from the revolutionary group that fought for independence against France.1

Following Algeria's independence in 1962, a power struggle led to the formation of the Political Bureau by figures like Ahmed Ben Bella and Houari Boumedienne. This body gained popular support and was instrumental in Ben Bella becoming premier. However, Boumedienne later overthrew Ben Bella in 1965, consolidating power within the party and government until his death in 1978. The FLN, and by extension its Political Bureau, played a central role in shaping Algeria's post-independence political landscape, including its socialist ideology and state control over the economy.12

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  1. National Liberation Front
  2. Algeria - From Ben Bella to Boumedienne

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