Mohamed Belouizdad (in Arabic ???? ???????, born in Algiers on 3 November 1924 - died in Paris 14 January 1952), was an Algerian militant and chief "responsible" (manager) of Special Organisation (OS), the military branch of the Algerian People's Party, (in French, Parti du Peuple Algerien) (PPA).
Mustapha Belouizdad, and Othmane Belouizdad, a member of CRUA and Sahnoun Belouizdad, a militant who died in prison of El Harrach succumbing to torture.
In 1947, he was one of the founders of the Special Organisation in opposition to the French occupation of Algeria.
Suffering from tuberculosis for many years, he died on 14 January 1952 while in France.
His body was returned to Algeria and was buried in Belcourt, in Algiers.
The Algerian government changed the name of the quarter to Mohamed Belouizdad in his honour.