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After studying medicine in Paris, France, where he got his doctorate in 1939, Ahmed returned to Algeria and started working in 1942 in Setif, the city of his friend Ferhat Abbas, whom he followed during the political evolution.
Despite being a Christian, he was the Minister of Economy and Finance of the first Algerian government from 1958 to 1963,[2] making him the only openly non-Muslim Algerian minister.
Having begun his career as an activist in Paris at the AEMAN (Translated from French to: Association of Muslim Students of North Africa), he participated later in the creation of AML (Translated from French to: Friends of the Manifest of Freedom) before being interned afterwards in the events of May 8, 1945.
Ahmed Francis got involved with the movement for Algerian rights headed by his relative, the moderate nationalist, Ferhat Abbas. Like Abbas, he was arrested by colonial forces after the 1945 Sétif massacres, but later released. He then joined Abbas's UDMA movement, which demanded Algerian civil rights and full equality with non-Muslim French, but stopped short of independence from France. In 1946, he was elected member of the Constituent Assembly of France as a UDMA representative.
Discouraged by increasing French political repression, he was eventually convinced to follow Abbas into exile in Cairo, to join the radical-nationalist Front de libération nationale (FLN) in 1956, two years after the FLN had begun an armed revolt for independence. He became a member of the Algerian government-in-exile, the GPRA, in the capacity of minister for economy and finances, arguably as something of a figurehead for more radical forces. As political infighting increased with independence approaching, he lost his place in the third (1961) ministerial lineup.
Leadership
After independence, he briefly joined the military-backed government of presidentAhmed Ben Bella, but resigned along with Abbas in protest of the one-party system set up and the marginalization of Algeria's constitutional assembly. He did not re-enter politics, and died in Geneva in 1968.
He joined the National Liberation Front (FLN) in Cairo in 1956 with Ferhat Abbas, and became an alternate member of the National Council of the Algerian Revolution (CNRA) following the Soummam congress. After several missions abroad, he became Minister of Economy and Finance of the first two Provisional Governments of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) from 1958 to 1961.
He returned to the front of the stage at independence by becoming deputy of Mostaganem of the Constituent Assembly. He became Minister of the Economy of Ahmed Ben Bella from September 27, 1962 to September 4, 1963. He Withdrew from the political world and died in Geneva after a long illness in 1968.
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Achour Cheurfi, La classe politique algérienne de 1900 à nos jours, dictionnaire biographique, 2001, Casbah éditions ISBN978-9961-64-292-4
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verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Arabic Wikipedia article at ar أحمد فرنسيس see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated ar أحمد فرنسيس to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Ahmed Francis 12 November 1910 1 31 August 1968 was an Algerian politician and nationalist born in Relizane in a family originally from Miliana Ahmed Francis أحمد فرنسيسPoliticianPersonal detailsBorn 1910 11 12 12 November 1910Relizane AlgeriaDied31 August 1968 1968 08 31 aged 57 Geneva SwitzerlandPolitical partyFLNMilitary serviceBattles warsAlgerian WarAfter studying medicine in Paris France where he got his doctorate in 1939 Ahmed returned to Algeria and started working in 1942 in Setif the city of his friend Ferhat Abbas whom he followed during the political evolution Despite being a Christian he was the Minister of Economy and Finance of the first Algerian government from 1958 to 1963 2 making him the only openly non Muslim Algerian minister Contents 1 Activism 2 Leadership 3 Sources 4 External linksActivism EditHaving begun his career as an activist in Paris at the AEMAN Translated from French to Association of Muslim Students of North Africa he participated later in the creation of AML Translated from French to Friends of the Manifest of Freedom before being interned afterwards in the events of May 8 1945 Ahmed Francis got involved with the movement for Algerian rights headed by his relative the moderate nationalist Ferhat Abbas Like Abbas he was arrested by colonial forces after the 1945 Setif massacres but later released He then joined Abbas s UDMA movement which demanded Algerian civil rights and full equality with non Muslim French but stopped short of independence from France In 1946 he was elected member of the Constituent Assembly of France as a UDMA representative Standing from left to right Ahmed Francis Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Abderrahmene Kiouane Ferhat Abbas Cheikh Omar Derdour Mostefa Lakhak Sitting Mohamed El Ghassiri Discouraged by increasing French political repression he was eventually convinced to follow Abbas into exile in Cairo to join the radical nationalist Front de liberation nationale FLN in 1956 two years after the FLN had begun an armed revolt for independence He became a member of the Algerian government in exile the GPRA in the capacity of minister for economy and finances arguably as something of a figurehead for more radical forces As political infighting increased with independence approaching he lost his place in the third 1961 ministerial lineup Leadership EditAfter independence he briefly joined the military backed government of president Ahmed Ben Bella but resigned along with Abbas in protest of the one party system set up and the marginalization of Algeria s constitutional assembly He did not re enter politics and died in Geneva in 1968 He joined the National Liberation Front FLN in Cairo in 1956 with Ferhat Abbas and became an alternate member of the National Council of the Algerian Revolution CNRA following the Soummam congress After several missions abroad he became Minister of Economy and Finance of the first two Provisional Governments of the Algerian Republic GPRA from 1958 to 1961 Ahmed Francis is one of the negotiators of the Evian accords signed on March 18 1962 in Evian les Bains Haute Savoie France between representatives of France and the GPRA during the Algerian war He returned to the front of the stage at independence by becoming deputy of Mostaganem of the Constituent Assembly He became Minister of the Economy of Ahmed Ben Bella from September 27 1962 to September 4 1963 He Withdrew from the political world and died in Geneva after a long illness in 1968 Sources EditAchour Cheurfi La classe politique algerienne de 1900 a nos jours dictionnaire biographique 2001 Casbah editions ISBN 978 9961 64 292 4 Politics portal هذا المنسي الآخر الدكتور أحمد Ahmed FRANCIS Ministere des finances www mf gov dz in French Retrieved 2017 08 30 External links Edit in French http www reflexiondz net Ahmed Francis une sommite a14325 html in French http www liberte algerie com actualite ahmed francis le pionnier du systeme bancaire algerien 210522 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ahmed Francis amp oldid 1079382012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
