Emmanuel Macron recognizes that FLN leader Larbi Ben M'hidi was “assassinated by French soldiers”

“The recognition of this assassination attests that the work of historical truth, which the President of the Republic initiated with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, will continue,” said the Elysée press release on Friday.

A new gesture of reconciliation. French President Emmanuel Macron recognized on Friday November 1 that the leader of the National Liberation Front (FLN) Larbi Ben M'hidi was “murdered [en 1957] by French soldiers placed under the command of General Aussaresses“. This declaration comes on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the insurrection of November 1, 1954 which opened the Algerian war.

Emmanuel Macron recognizes in a press release the execution of one of the six leaders of the FLN who launched the insurrection of November 1, 1954 at a time when tensions are high between France and Algeria, particularly after an important visit by State in Morocco. “The recognition of this assassination attests that the work of historical truth, which the President of the Republic initiated with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will continue”underlines the Elysée, which specifies that Emmanuel Macron's goal is “to achieve the creation of a peaceful and shared memory”.

Born in 1923 near Aïn M'lila, in the Aurès, Larbi Ben M'hidi was responsible for the “Autonomous zone of Algiers since 1956”, pendant “The Battle of Algiers”recalls the press release. “As the President of the Republic has already recognized for Maurice Audin and Ali Boumendjel, this repression was accompanied by the establishment of a system outside the society of Human and Citizen Rights, made possible by the vote for 'special powers' in Parliament”specifies the Elysée.