Mohammed Saleh Bendjelloul

{{short description|Politician}}

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Dr. Mohammed Saleh Bendjelloul (1893–1985) was an Algerian general practitioner and a moderate nationalist politician. He co-founded the "Fédération des élus indigènes" alongside Ferhat Abbas (in 1927),{{citation |last=Aoudjit|first=Abdelkader|year=2010|title=The Algerian Novel and Colonial Discourse: Witnessing to a Différend|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=1433110741|page=169}} and also founded the "Fédération des Élus Musulmans d'Algérie" (in 1930).{{citation |last=Naylor|first=Phillip C.|year=2015|chapter=Bendjelloul, Mohammed Saleh |title=Historical Dictionary of Algeria|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=0810879190|page=119}} Moreover, Bendjelloul was also a deputy to the French National Assembly until Algeria gained its independence. Bendjelloul contributed to the development of Algerian nationalism, prior to the Revolution, by his efforts to achieve political and civil equality between the French and Algerians.