French Algerian Front
French Algerian Front Front Algérie Française | |
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Past Presidents | Saïd Boualam Yvan Santini |
Founded | 15 June 1960 |
Dissolved | 5 December 1960 (dissolved by the government) |
Headquarters | Boulevard Baudin, Algiers, France |
Ideology | Anti-independence French nationalism Francophilia |
Political position | Right-wing |
Colors | Blue, white and red |
The French Algerian Front (FAF; French: Front Algérie Française) was a political and militant movement in favour of Algeria remaining an integral part and colony of France, established in 1960 in Algiers. Its founder was Saïd Boualam.
On 11 November 1960, a demonstration called by the Front degenerated into violence. A few weeks later, the Front called for the visit of president Charles de Gaulle to be violently opposed and for the army to mutiny against the government's orders.