Ahmed Tewfik El Madani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ahmed Tewfik El Madani

Algerian politician

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1898

Place of Birth: Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

Date of Death: 18-Oct-1983

Profession: politician, historian

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ahmed Tewfik El Madani (also spelled Ahmad Toufik al-Medani etc.) (1899–1983) was an Algerian nationalist leader during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–61), and a minister of the GPRA, a provisional exile government of the Front de libération nationale (FLN).
He belonged to the Association of the Ulema, an Islamic organization that formed a main pillar of the nationalist movement.
After the war, he became minister of religious affairs (1962-1965) an acclaimed historian. Ahmed El Madani produced extensive historical writings in Arabic celebrating the Muslim and Arab ancestors of Algeria.