List of Famous people born in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria

Moufdi Zakaria

First Name Moufdi

Born on June 12, 1908

Died on August 17, 1977 (aged 69)

Born in Algeria, Ghardaïa Province

Moufdi Zakaria was an Algerian activist, poet and writer. He wrote "Kassaman", the Algerian national anthem while in prison in 1955.

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar

مختار بن محمد بلمختار

First Name Mokhtar

Last Name Belmokhtar

Born on June 1, 1972

Died on June 14, 2015 (aged 43)

Born in Algeria, Ghardaïa Province

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, also known as The One-Eyed, Nelson, The Uncatchable, is an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, smuggler and weapons dealer. He was twice convicted and sentenced to death in absentia under separate charges in Algerian courts: in 2007 for terrorism and in 2008 for murder. In 2004, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Algeria for terrorist activities.

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Ahmed Benbitour

First Name Ahmed

Last Name Benbitour

Born on June 20, 1946 (age 80)

Born in Algeria, Ghardaïa Province

Ahmed Benbitour is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.

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Kameleddine Fekhar

Born on January 1, 1963

Died on May 28, 2019 (aged 56)

Born in Algeria, Ghardaïa Province

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