Algeria Holds its First Free Multiparty Elections
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Human Rights, Elections, Voting
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Algeria
- Date: June 12, 1990
Article abstract: Municipal elections in June, 1990, were the first permitted by the ruling party, the Front for National Liberation, since Algeria had gained independence from France in 1962.
Summary of Event
The foundations of modern Algeria were laid by the French, who occupied the country in 1830 and declared it an integral part of France in 1848. French colonists lived mainly along the Mediterranean coast, while the indigenous Muslims--Arabs and Berbers--were largely concentrated in the interior. In November, 1954, Algerian Muslim nationalists who...
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