Lakhdar Ben Tobbal

Slimane Bentebal (1923, Mila, Algeria – 21 August 2010[1]), better known as Lakhdar Bentobal, is a former Algerian resistance fighter.

Lakhdar Bentobal was a member of the nationalist Parti du peuple Algérien (PPA), and later moved on to its paramilitary organization (Organisation spéciale, OS) which became the embryo of the Front de libération nationale (FLN).

A top leader of the FLN's interior armed action in the 1954-62 Algerian war of independence.

He was a key participant at the negotiations of Evian who insisted on the integrity of the entire Algerian territory including the Sahara and its resources.

On his release, he left politics, and spent the remainder of his career in various non-political administrative and business posts.