Ferhat Abbas

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

August 24, 1899

Age at death

86

Died

December 24, 1985

From

Chahna, Algeria

Ferhat Abbas was an Algerian politician who acted in a provisional capacity as the then yet-to-become independent country's Prime Minister from 1958 to 1961, as well as the first President of the National Assembly and the first acting Chief of State after independence.