Soummam conference

It took place on 20 August 1956, when the FLN's leadership in Algeria met secretly in the Soummam Valley (Ighbane and Ifri at Ouzellaguen) to compose a common platform and create a new organizational structure.

In the process, the FLN would establish their bona fides as Algeria's legitimate government and adhere to international law.

To that end, the Congress of Soummam formed a five-man Comité de Coordination et d'Exécution (CCE) consisting of Abane Ramdane, Ben M'hidi, Krim Belkacem, Benyoucef Benkhedda and Saad Dahlab —the last two were formerly Central Committee members of the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties.

A larger Conseil National de la Révolution Algérienne (CNRA) would serve as the supreme authority.

[2] The National Council of the Algerian Revolution was designed after the conference and was composed of 34 members: 17 titular, and 17 alternates.