Acting · 1899
Ferhat Abbas
Born Aug 24, 1899·Chahna, Algeria·Died Dec 24, 1985 (86)
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.
