Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder | |
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ⵎⵓⵃⴰⵎⴷ ⴱⴻⵏⵙⵄⵉⴷ ⴰⵢⵜ ⵉⴷⴷⴻⵔ محمد بنسعيد آيت يدر | |
Ait Idder in 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Chtouka Aït Baha, Morocco | 1 July 1925
Died | 6 February 2024 Rabat, Morocco | (aged 98)
Political party | Istiqlal Party (1945–1959) National Union of Popular Forces (1959–1970s) Organization for the Popular Democratic Action (1983–2002) Unified Socialist Party (from 2002) |
Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder (Berber languages: ⵎⵓⵃⴰⵎⴷ ⴱⴻⵏⵙⵄⵉⴷ ⴰⵢⵜ ⵉⴷⴷⴻⵔ, Arabic: محمد بنسعيد آيت يدر, 1 July 1925 – 6 February 2024) was a Moroccan politician and activist. Ait Idder started his activism first against the French Protectorate in Morocco, and was one of the founders and leaders of the Moroccan Army of Liberation. After Morocco's independence, Ait Idder opposed the regime in place, particularly King Hassan II.
Bensaid Ait Idder was co-founder of several leftist political movements and parties in the independent Morocco, including the National Union of Popular Forces, Harakat 23 Mars, Organization for the Popular Democratic Action and the Unified Socialist Party.