Algerian independence veteran and member of the High Council of State (1992–1994)
Mohamed Ali Haroun was an Algerian lawyer and politician, a veteran of the War of Independence who joined the National Liberation Front in 1954. He sat in independent Algeria’s first constituent assembly, became minister delegate for human rights in 1991 and served on the High Council of State from 1992 to 1994. He died on 24 October 2026 at the age of 99.
He was born in Bir Mourad Raïs, Algiers, on 8 February 1927.
Published 24 October 2026
Ali Haroun, Algerian independence veteran and High Council of State member, dies at 99
A lawyer who joined the National Liberation Front at the start of the war in 1954, he sat in independent Algeria's first assembly and was the last surviving member of the High Council of State that ruled from 1992 to 1994.
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