Dr. Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi (Arabic: أحمد طالب الإبراهيمي) (born January 5, 1932 in the eastern city of Sétif) is an Algerian politician, visionary and intellectual.
He is the son of Islamic theologian and renowned scholar Bashir Ibrahimi, and served in multiple ministerial roles in Algeria from the 1960s until the late 1980s. A staunch anti-colonialist and proponent of Arab heritage through his writings and his actions, Dr. Ibrahimi was jailed by the French authorities as a militant of the FLN Party. He ran for president in 1999 but withdrew from the race along with all other opposition candidates hours before voting commenced, claiming electoral fraud by the army. In 2004, his proposed candidacy was disqualified because of alleged links with the proscribed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). His platform includes moderate Islamism and adherence to free-market economics. Dr. Ibrahimi is the father of two sons, and currently resides in the city of Algiers, Algeria with his wife Souad.
Read more about Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi: Early Years, French Prison Until Algerian Independence Years, Algerian Doctor Years, Torture Months Under Benbella, Minister Under Boumediene, Later Years and The Election of 1999, Controversy
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