Amar Ouamrane

Amar Ouamrane (19 January 1919 - 28 July 1992), nicknamed Bu qqaru, was an Algerian revolutionary and an officer of the National Liberation Army (the paramilitary wing of the National Liberation Front) during the Algerian War.

Biography Ouamrane was born on 19 January 1919 in Frikat, Tizi Ouzou Province, in French Algeria. Ouamrane joined the ranks of the French army. After obtaining his certificate of primary studies, he entered the military academy of Cherchell where he underwent military training and obtained the rank of sergeant.

Algerian War

On 1 November 1954, at the outbreak of the Algerian War, Amar Ouamrane led military operations in Draâ Ben Khedda. Ouamrane took part in the in August 1956, at the end of which he rose to the rank of colonel in the ALN. In 1957, he was appointed to the CNRA (National Council of the Algerian Revolution) representing Wilaya IV after the arrest of Rabah Bitat. From 1960, he was appointed representative of the FLN in Lebanon and then in Turkey.