[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and became the first Moroccan to do so at an official French school. Mehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician born in January of 1920 in Rabat, Morocco. However, the judge ruled that the main guilty party was Moroccan suicide. Although the StB refused his request and was willing to train Moroccans only on conspiracy methods, surveillance, and anti-surveillance measures, Ben Barka’s cooperation with the StB and his visits of Czechoslovakia were no secret to General Mohamed Oukfir and Moroccan intelligence service. Basri declared to the magistrate that he had not been linked to the Ben Barka affair. [2] He earned his first diploma in 1938[2] with high honors at a time when Morocco only produced about 20 or so graduates of baccalauréat secondary school programs per year. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2020.1844363, Various English articles – including interview with son of Ben Barka and review of Ahmed Boukari's revelations, French Secret Services Accused of Link to Murder of Ben Barka, National Human Rights Council (CNDH, king's human rights council), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mehdi_Ben_Barka&oldid=995547345, History of the foreign relations of the United States, National Union of Popular Forces politicians, People killed in French intelligence operations, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 December 2020, at 17:17. The BBC's Alex Last hears from Bachir Ben Barka, who is still fighting to find out what really happened to his father. Chairing the preparatory commission, he defined the objectives; assistance with the movements of liberation, support for Cuba during its subjection to the United States embargo, the liquidation of foreign military bases and apartheid in South Africa. Ben Barka had been in exile for three years, had twice been condemned to death in Morocco, and had escaped previous assassination attempts. He became a prominent member of the Moroccan opposition in the nationalist Istiqlal Party, but broke off after clashes with conservative opponents in 1959 to found the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP). World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization. Mehdi Ben BARKA n'était pas dupe non plus concernant le socialisme qui n'est bénéfique que s'il profite pécuniairement à la masse populaire, au besoin en se faisant aider d'une bourgeoisie nationale (si elle existe). By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles. 45 (March 1976). One of the founders of the Istiqlal, which played a major role in the independence of Morocco,.As too conservative party, he caused in 1959 a split and founded the UNFP (National Union of Popular Forces) main left party opposed to the royal diet. Cinquante ans après, la disparition du Marocain Mehdi Ben Barka excite toujours les passions. Hugo Chavez. He was exiled from Morocco in 1963, after calling upon Moroccan soldiers to refuse to fight Algeria in the 1963 Sand War.[8]. ), Moroccan revolutionary politician exiled to Paris whose abduction and presumed murder in October 1965 caused a political crisis for the government of French President Charles de Gaulle and led to ruptured diplomatic relations between France and Morocco for almost four years. Mehdi Ben Barka, 50 ans après, Bachir Ben Barka, Les Petits Matins. The son of Moroccan politician Mehdi Ben Barka, Bachir Ben Barka./Ph. Ahead of Print. He added that "it is possible that the King knew.          Sexual Content Defence minister Michèle Alliot-Marie had agreed in 2004 to follow the recommendations of a national defence committee and released the 73 additional classified documents on the case. [2] He studied at Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca from 1938 to 1939,[4] and received his baccalauréat diploma in mathematics in 1939.[2]. Ziyara. Une décision prise par la Commission AFP PHOTO JEFF PACHOUD Prefect of Police Maurice Papon (1910–2007), later convicted of crimes against humanity for his role under the Vichy regime, was forced to resign following Ben Barka's kidnapping. Information transferred to Israel from the Casablanca summit about the shaky state of the Arab armies was "one of the foundations for the confidence felt by IDF chiefs" when they recommended their government to wage war two years later (the 1967 Six-Day War). After “Les Immortels” by Franklin Boukaka, it is only normal that I would talk about Mehdi Ben Barka himself, and why he brought so much hope to people in Morocco, Africa, and the entire world. He added that "it is possible that the King knew. Ben Barka was born in Rabat, Morocco to a civil servant, and became the first Moroccan Muslim to get a degree in mathematics in an official French school in 1950. [Bachir Ben Barka;] Home. About Bachir Ben Barka. Bachir Ben Barka, le fils de l'opposant marocain Mehdi Ben Barka pose avec le livre de son père «Ecrits politiques (1957-1965)». Son corps n’a jamais été retrouvé. recueil de textes introduit par bachir ben barka en livraison rapide, et aussi des extraits et des avis et critiques du livre, ainsi qu'un résumé. Prefect of Police Maurice Papon (1910–2007), later convicted for crimes against humanity for his role under Vichy, was forced to resign following Ben Barka's kidnapping. Bachir Ben Barka: On March 4, 2017, as part of the “Anti-colonial and anti-racism week”, organised by the “Break out of colonialism” network, a roundtable about the defence secrets was held. Il est le fils de Mehdi Ben Barka et œuvre sans relache pour chercher la vérité sur la fin tragique de son père. This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Mehdi Ben Barka Mehdi Ben Barka (born 1920 – disappeared October 29, 1965) (Arabic: المهدي بن بركة ‎) was a Moroccan politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNPF) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference. [2] The Algerian People's Party influenced him to broaden the scale of his nationalism to incorporate all of North Africa. • Ben Barka, Mehdi (1957–1965). Bachir Ben Barka : «Cette déclassification n'est qu'un premier pas». France accused 44 years on over Moroccan's vanishing, "قضية المهدي بن بركة تعود للواجهة بقوة في المغرب بعد مرور نصف قرن على اختطافه", "Officer reveals grim details of Ben Barka's murder", "Spies, Nazis, gangsters and cops - the mysterious disappearance of Mehdi Ben Barka", Affaire Ben Barka : Driss Basri chez le juge, "A prominent spy: Mehdi Ben Barka, Czechoslovak intelligence, and Eastern Bloc Espionage in the Third World during the Cold War", Africa: A Continent Drenched in the Blood of Revolutionary Heroes. A prominent spy: Mehdi Ben Barka, Czechoslovak intelligence, and Eastern Bloc Espionage in the Third World during the Cold War. Ajoutez-le à votre liste de souhaits ou abonnez-vous à l'auteur Bachir Ben Barka - Furet du Nord 2015, cop. AFP « Mon père se savait en danger. Moroccan-French dissident and former Tazmamart prisoner of conscience Ali Bourequat claims in his book, In the Moroccan King's Secret Garden, to have met a former Moroccan secret agent in a prison near Rabat in 1973-74. Discours de Patrice Leclerc, Maire de Gennevilliers et Bachir fils de Mehdi en Barka lors de l'inauguration de l'Allée Mehdi Ben Barka à Gennevilliers mercredi 28 octobre 2014. WHEBN0030872057 Achetez neuf ou d'occasion. facebook shares. Ben Barka made regular trips to Czechoslovakia and his cooperation with the StB revolved around the exchange of intelligence and the fulfilment of specific intelligence operations for which he was financially rewarded. Moroccan-French dissident and former Tazmamart prisoner of conscience Ali Bourequat claims in his book In the Moroccan King's Secret Garden to have met a former Moroccan secret agent in a prison near Rabat in 1973–74. In Great Moments, Great People Leave a comment. The OSPAAAL (Spanish for "Organization for Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America") was founded on that occasion. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Mehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNPF) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference. N'attendez pas de Bachir Ben Barka qu'il joue sur l'émotion pour parler de Mehdi, son père, chef de l'opposition marocaine, fervent anticolonialiste, enlevé il y a quarante-deux ans en plein Paris. SHARE. In September, 1965 the King had allowed the Mossad to install electronic eavesdropping devices in "all the meeting rooms and private suites of the leaders of the Arab states and their military commanders during an Arab summit in Casablanca", giving Israel "an unprecedented glimpse" of the military and intelligence secrets of its greatest enemies, and of the mindsets of those countries' leaders. Mehdi Ben Barka en héritage : de la Tricontinentale à l'altermondialisme. Bachir Ben Barka : « Mon père dérangeait la politique africaine d’Israël » Quiz : à l’approche du baccalauréat, révisez vos connaissances sur l’histoire maghrébine L'idéologie socialiste romprait avec sa dépendance économique vis-à-vis des … Barka also asked the StB to train a small group of UNFP members based in Algeria with the intention of overthrowing the King Hassan II. October 16, 2009. (2020). SHARE. It is legitimate to think that de Gaulle possessed some information..."[7], Law, Kidnapping, Human rights, Argentina, Justice, Library of Congress, Diana, Princess of Wales, Latin, Oclc, Integrated Authority File, Morocco, Mohammed V of Morocco, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Alaouite dynasty, Rabat, Human rights, Western Sahara, Forced disappearance, Sahrawi people, Liberalism, Human rights in Morocco, Mustapha Adib, Ali Salem Tamek, Royal Moroccan Army, Mohammed VI, Human rights in Morocco, Authority control, Arabic language, Taounate Province, Morocco, Cia, Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, French army, Al-Qaeda, World War II. [19], Victoria Brittain, writing in The Guardian, called Ben Barka a "revolutionary theoretician as significant as Frantz Fanon and Che Guevara", whose "influence reverberated far beyond their own continent". [17], Czech historian Jan Koura revealed in his article “A prominent spy: Mehdi Ben Barka, Czechoslovak intelligence, and Eastern bloc espionage in the Third World”[18] published in Intelligence and National Security journal that Ben Barka had collaborated with Czechoslovak secret service (StB) from 1961 until his abduction in 1965. Ben Barka was exiled in 1963, becoming a "travelling salesman of the revolution", according to the historian Jean Lacouture. Expédié et … Mehdi Ben Barka (arabieraz: المهدي بن بركة‎; Rabat, 1920ko urtarrila - Fontenay-le-Vicomten, 1965eko urriaren 29an desagertua) marokoar politikaria izan zen. ElMehdi Benbarka.jpg 384 × 284; 20 KB. An opponent of French Imperialism and King Hassan II, he "disappeared" in Paris in 1965. Syllepse. Bachir Ben Barka (22e Maghreb des Livres, Paris, 13 et 14 février 2016).jpg 4,320 × 3,240; 4.13 MB. El Mehdi Ben Barka El Mehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician, a leading Socialist opponent to the king Hassan II. After trial in 1967, two French officers were sent to prison for their role in the kidnapping. Bachir Ben Barka, son of on of the late Moroccan opposition figure Mehdi Ben Barka, at his home in Belfort, France. Congres UNFP.jpg 649 × 274; 68 KB. He said Ben Barka's body was then taken back to Morocco and destroyed in a vat of acid. Yes, his work encompassed all the oppressed people of the globe. He left the Istiqlal Party in 1959 after clashes with conservative opponents to found the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP). He could not disassociate the fate of Morocco from the fate of the entire Maghreb. [1], Mehdi Ben Barka was born January 1920 into a middle class family in Rabat;[2] his father Ahmed Ben M'hammed Ben Barka was at the beginning of his career, serving as personal secretary of the Pasha of Tangier, before becoming a businessman in Rabat, and his mother Lalla Fatouma Bouanane, was a stay-at-home mom.[3]. or. The head of the secret police, General Mohammed Oufkir, then … After his liberation, as the first Moroccan Muslim graduate in mathematics of an official French school, he became a professor at the Royal Academy (Arabic: المدرسة المولوية‎, French: Collège Royal), where the future king of Morocco Hassan II was one of his students. Avec Bachir Ben Barka,fils aîné de Mehdi Ben Barka ; Maurice Buttin, avocat de la famille depuis la mort de Mehdi ; Pierre Vermeren, historien ; René Gallisot, historien ; René Faligot, auteur de Tricontinentale (La Découverte, 2013) Un documentaire de Xavier d'Arthuys, réalisé par Christine Diger. Bachir Ben Barka est né en 1951, il est maître de conférence à l'IUT de Belfort-Montbéliard. To connect with Bachir, sign up for Facebook today. Bachir Ben Barka (AFP) "Ben Barka a joué un rôle dans l’histoire du Maroc, dans la tentative d’édification d’un pays indépendant et démocratique ainsi que dans la lutte des peuples. Many theories attempting to explain what happened to him were put forward over the years; but it was not until 2018 that details of his disappearance were established by Israeli journalist and author Ronen Bergman in his book Rise And Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations. 45 (Mar., 1976). «Seule une volonté politique de blocage empêche la justice de mener à bien son action de recherche de la vérité», du côté français comme du côté When he was exiled in 1963, Ben Barka became a "traveling salesman of the revolution" according to the historian Jean Lacouture. However, the son of Mehdi Ben Barka was outraged at what he called a "pseudo-release of files", insisting that information had been withheld which could have implicated the French secret services (SDECE), and possibly the CIA and the Mossad, as well as the ultimate responsibility of King Hassan II, who conveniently was able to put the blame on Oufkir after his failed coup in 1972. Écrits politiques (in French). Bachir Ben Barka : « Les éléments existent pour connaître la vérité ». Karen Farsoun and Jim Paul, "War in the Sahara: 1963," MERIP Reports, No. Thereafter, it was buried on the very same prison grounds where Dubail and Bourequat were held. However, the judge ruled that the main guilty party was Moroccan Interior Minister Mohamed Oufkir. Chairing the preparatory commission, he defined the objectives; assistance with the movements of liberation, support for Cuba subjected to the United States embargo, the liquidation of the foreign military bases and apartheid in South Africa. In October 1965 a Moroccan dissident disappeared forever from the streets of Paris. France accused 44 years on over Moroccan's vanishing by Lizzy Davies. "The Mossad supplied the Moroccans with safe houses in Paris, vehicles, fake passports, and two different kinds of poison with which to kill [Barka], as well as shovels and 'something to disguise the traces'". Mehdi Ben Barka was kidnapped and assassinated in Paris on October 29, 1965. As the leader of the Tricontinental Conference, Ben Barka was a major figure in the Third World movement and supported revolutionary anti-colonial action in various states; this provoked the anger of the United States and France. Discours de Patrice Leclerc, Maire de Gennevilliers et Bachir fils de Mehdi en Barka lors de l'inauguration de l'Allée Mehdi Ben Barka à Gennevilliers mercredi 28 octobre 2014. Tag: Mehdi Ben Barka. Receuil de textes introduit Bachir Ben Barka, Mehdi Ben Barka, Centre Europe-Tiers Monde. Ben Barka, Hassan II, De Gaulle : ce que je sais d'eux / Maurice Buttin ; préface de Bachir Ben Barka / 2e édition revue et augmentée / Paris : Karthala , impr. Mehdi Ben Barka(Arabic: المهدي بن بركة‎; 1920 – disappeared29 October 1965) was a Moroccan politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces(UNPF) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference. Are you certain this article is inappropriate? French intelligence agents and the Israeli Mossad were also involved, according to the article. For the historian René Galissot, "The underlying reason for the removal and assassination of Ben Barka is to be found in this revolutionary impetus of Tricontinentale. Fnac : Receuil de textes introduit Bachir Ben Barka, Mehdi Ben Barka, Centre Europe-Tiers Monde". I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify … Mehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician born in January of 1920 in Rabat, Morocco. During his last visit in Prague in early October 1965, Mehdi Ben Barka complained that the King Hassan II was taking various measures against him and asked the secret service for a small handgun to protect himself as he feared of assassination. Other. [14], Driss Basri, Interior Minister of Hassan II and his right-hand man from the early 1980s to the late 1990s, was heard by the judge Patrick Ramaël in May 2006, as a witness, concerning Ben Barka's kidnapping. He was one of the very few Moroccan children not from the bourgeoisie to have access to a good education. The an exiled critic of the Moroccan King Hassan II, was kidnapped while walking past the Left Bank Brasserie Lipp in 1965.