Boudiaf, un espoir assassiné

Boudiaf, the ephemeral President of Algeria from January to June 1992, remains for a great many Algerians a symbol of political integrity. Founder of the National Liberation Front (FLN), « the father of homeland », his opposition to Ben Bella forced him into exile in 1963. In december 1991, just after the unprecedented rout of the FLN in the legislative elections, it was Boudiaf who was invited to take charge by the FLN leadership and the army to counter the rise of the Islamist movement….