Mourad Kaouah
Personal details
Born11 April 1919
Aumale, French Algeria
Died7 October 1989
Perpignan, France
CitizenshipFrench
Political partyNational Front
OccupationPolitician, football player

Mourad Kaouah (1919-1989) was an Algerian and French politician and football player. He served as the deputy of Algiers from 1958 to 1962.[1][2] Kaouah was also a member of the right-wing French National Front party. However, his candidacy was unsuccessful in the 1984 elections.[3]

A room in the Cercle Algérianiste Museum in Perpignan is named in his honour.[4]

Personal life

Kaouah was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria,[4] to an Algerian family of Ottoman Turkish origin.[1]

He died in Perpignan.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Spiaggia, Josette (2012), J'ai six ans: et je ne veux avoir que six ans, Editions du Félibre Laforêt, p. 104, ISBN 2953100997, Mourad Kaoua (par la suite député d'Alger de 1958 à 1962) d'origine turque....
  2. Bouyarden, Salima (2013), "Political participation of European Muslims in France and the United Kingdom", in Nielsen, Jorgen (ed.), Muslim Political Participation in Europe, Edinburgh University Press, p. 106, ISBN 0748677534
  3. Chebel d'Appollonia, A. (2015), Migrant Mobilization and Securitization in the US and Europe: How Does It Feel to Be a Threat?, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 120, ISBN 1137388056
  4. 1 2 3 Aldrich, Robert (2004), Vestiges of Colonial Empire in France, Springer, p. 223, ISBN 0230005527
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