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Mehdi Ben Barka

1920 - 1965

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Mehdi Ben Barka (Arabic: المهدي بن بركة, romanized: al-Mahdī Bin Baraka; 1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965) was a Moroccan nationalist, Arab socialist, politician, revolutionary, anti-imperialist, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference. An opponent of French imperialism and King Hassan II, he "disappeared" in Paris in 1965. Many theories attempting to explain what happened to him were put forward over the years; in 2018 new claims regarding his disappearance were made by Israeli journalist and author Ronen Bergman in his book Rise And Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mehdi Ben Barka is the 6,237th most popular politician (down from 5,197th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 29th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Moroccan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mehdi Ben Barka ranks 6,237 out of 19,576. Before him are John Henry, Margrave of Moravia, Einar Gerhardsen, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Prayut Chan-o-cha, Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum, and Adherbal. After him are Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria, Timur Shah Durrani, Ivan Vyhovsky, Leo II, King of Armenia, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, and Ali az-Zahir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Mehdi Ben Barka ranks 95. Before him are Karl Albrecht, Maurice Bucaille, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ovadia Yosef, Mario Benedetti, and Alexander Arutiunian. After him are Ricardo Montalbán, Constanze Manziarly, Henri Verneuil, Roberto Calvi, Gottfried Böhm, and Eileen Chang. Among people deceased in 1965, Mehdi Ben Barka ranks 46. Before him are Adolf Schärf, Sālote Tupou III, Bernard Baruch, Carl Oberg, Frederick Browning, and Aksel Sandemose. After him are Lauri Törni, Chen Cheng, Carl Værnet, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Hayato Ikeda, and Jesse Douglas.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Mehdi Ben Barka ranks 34 out of 264. Before him are Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631), Daniel Pennac (1944), Yusuf II, Almohad caliph (1197), Dominique de Villepin (1953), Larbi Benbarek (1914), and Aziz Akhannouch (1961). After him are Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875), Sayyida al Hurra (1485), Ahmad al-Badawi (1199), Mohamed Choukri (1935), Mohammed ben Abdallah (1710), and Abd al-Rahman of Morocco (1779).

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Among POLITICIANS In Morocco

Among politicians born in Morocco, Mehdi Ben Barka ranks 19. Before him are Hassan I of Morocco (1836), Abdelaziz of Morocco (1878), Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631), Yusuf II, Almohad caliph (1197), Dominique de Villepin (1953), and Aziz Akhannouch (1961). After him are Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875), Sayyida al Hurra (1485), Mohammed ben Abdallah (1710), Abd al-Rahman of Morocco (1779), Muhammad IV of Morocco (1803), and Abbas El Fassi (1940).

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