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Abd el-Krim

1882 - 1963

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Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Khaṭṭābī, better known as Abd el-Krim (Arabic: عبد الكريم; 1882 or 1883 – 6 February 1963), was a Moroccan political and military leader and the president of the Republic of the Rif. He and his brother M'Hammad led a large-scale revolt by a coalition of Riffian tribes against the Spanish and French Protectorates of the Rif and the rest of Morocco. His guerrilla tactics, which included the first-ever use of tunneling as a technique of modern warfare, directly influenced Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara. He also became one of the major figures of Arab nationalism, which he actively supported. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abd el-Krim is the 1,281st most popular politician (down from 994th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Morocco and the 3rd most popular Moroccan Politician.

Abd el-Krim is most famous for his leadership of the Rif War, a nationalist uprising against colonial rule in Morocco.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abd el-Krim ranks 1,281 out of 19,576. Before him are Chlothar II, Reza Shah, Herman Van Rompuy, John III Doukas Vatatzes, Anton Drexler, and Miguel Díaz-Canel. After him are Alfonso VI of León and Castile, Abd al-Rahman I, Antoine of Navarre, Magnus Maximus, Gustáv Husák, and Külüg Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Abd el-Krim ranks 20. Before him are Günther von Kluge, Percy Williams Bridgman, Abdullah I of Jordan, Kurt von Schleicher, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Melanie Klein. After him are James Franck, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Edward Hopper, Zoltán Kodály, Lili Elbe, and Getúlio Vargas. Among people deceased in 1963, Abd el-Krim ranks 16. Before him are Tristan Tzara, Lee Harvey Oswald, C. S. Lewis, Ngo Dinh Diem, Thích Quảng Đức, and Francis Poulenc. After him are Theodor Heuss, Sylvia Plath, Paul Hindemith, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Yasujirō Ozu, and Józef Gosławski.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Abd el-Krim ranks 5 out of 264. Before him are Ibn Battuta (1304), Jean Reno (1948), Hassan II of Morocco (1929), and Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937). After him are Just Fontaine (1933), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Alain Badiou (1937), Dominique Mamberti (1952), and Nathalie Delon (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Morocco

Among politicians born in Morocco, Abd el-Krim ranks 3. Before him are Hassan II of Morocco (1929), and Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937). After him are Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Ibn Tumart (1097), Ahmad al-Mansur (1549), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1160), Yusef of Morocco (1882), and Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1138).

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