Ahmed Tewfik El Madani (also spelled Ahmad Toufik al-Medani etc.) (1899–1983) was an Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

n nationalist leader during the Algerian War of Independence

Algerian War of Independence

The Algerian War was a conflict between France and Algerian independence movements from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria's gaining its independence from France...

 (1954–61), and a minister of the GPRA

GPRA

GPRA may refer to:*Government Performance and Results Act*Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic...

, a provisional exile government of the Front de libération nationale

Front de Libération Nationale

Front de Libération Nationale may refer to:* National Liberation Front , a socialist political party founded in 1954 for independence from France for Algeria...

 (FLN). He belonged to the Association of the Ulema

Ulema

Ulama , also spelt ulema, refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies. They are best known as the arbiters of shari‘a law...

, an Islamic organization that formed a main pillar of the nationalist movement. After the war, he became an acclaimed historian

Historian

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