(1899–1989), Algerian nationalist leader. President of the provisional government of the Algerian republic from 1958, he was appointed first president of independent Algeria in 1962 but fell from favour the following year.
Definition of Abbas, Ferhat in US English:
Abbas, Ferhat
proper nounäˈbäs
(1899–1989), Algerian nationalist leader. He was president of the Algerian provisional government from 1958 and then president of the constituent assembly of independent Algeria 1962–63.