Hocine Zehouane, born in 1935 in Draâ Ben Khedda, is an Algerian politician and human rights activist.
[1] Hocine Zehouane was born in Draâ Ben Kheda in Kabylia in Algeria.
[3] As a member of the Political Bureau of the National Liberation Front in 1964, in charge of the guidance sector, Hocine Zehouane participated in the first regional Congress of the General Union of Algerian Workers.
[5] He opposed the coup d'etat of June 19, 1965 by Houari Boumedienne, which led him to prison before being placed under house arrest in the south from 1965 to 1971.
He went into exile in France after 1973 and returned to his country after the death of Algerian President Houari Boumédiène.