Said Abadou
Said Abadou was an Algerian politician who served as a member of the People's National Assembly and as the Minister of Mujahideen from 1995 to 1999, in the government of Mokdad Sifi.
Born in Biskra, French Algeria, Abadou fought for the National Liberation Front during the Algerian War before being captured in 1965. He served as Secretary General of the National Organization of Mujahideen until his death in 2019.
Biography
Said Abadou was born in Biskra, French Algeria, on 17 January 1935. He fought in the Algerian War as an officer in the National Liberation Front. In 1961, he was captured by the French army after a battle in Ghardaïa.After Algeria gained its independence Abadou was the mouhafedh of the FLN in the wilayahs of Ouargla, Béchar, and Tiaret. He was elected to the People's National Assembly and was Minister of Mujahideen in Mokdad Sifi's government from 1994 to 1999.
Abadou served as Secretary General of the National Organization of Mujahideen until his death. In 2009, he was critical of a French law compensating victims of its nuclear tests as its focused more on Polynesia than Algeria and he felt that the compensation was inadequate. He denied that any Harkis were killed after the Algerian War ended. In 2010, he stated that members of the Democratic National Rally were worse than French colonial settlers.
Abadou died on 12 June 2019, and was buried at the El Alia Cemetery in Algiers on 13 June. Mohand Ouamar Benlhad was appointed as the interim leader of the ONM after Abadou's death.
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Category:21st-century Algerian people
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