El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed

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Sahrawi nationalist person political leader revolutionary

El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed was a Sahrawi nationalist leader and revolutionary who co-founded and led the Polisario Front in its struggle for Western Sahara’s independence from Spanish and later Moroccan rule.

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El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sahrawi nationalist ⓘ
person ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
activeYears early 1970s–1976 ⓘ
advocatedFor independence of Western Sahara ⓘ
self-determination of the Sahrawi people ⓘ
causeOfDeath military action ⓘ
citizenship Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
coFounded Polisario Front ⓘ
commanded Polisario Front ⓘ
surface form: Polisario Front armed forces
conflict Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara War
countryOfBirth Spanish Sahara ⓘ
countryOfDeath Mauritania ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1949 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-06-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Mohammed V University ⓘ
surface form: Mohammed V University in Rabat
ethnicGroup Sahrawi people ⓘ
familyName Sayed ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
foundingMemberOf Polisario Front ⓘ
givenName El-Ouali ⓘ
ideology anti-colonialism ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legacy symbol of Sahrawi resistance and independence struggle ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
militaryRank guerrilla commander ⓘ
movement Polisario Front ⓘ
Polisario Front ⓘ
surface form: Sahrawi independence movement
name El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed self-link ⓘ
nationality Sahrawi ⓘ
notableFor armed struggle against Moroccan control of Western Sahara ⓘ
armed struggle against Spanish colonial rule in Western Sahara ⓘ
leading the struggle for Western Sahara’s independence ⓘ
opposedTo Mauritanian claims over Western Sahara ⓘ
Moroccan annexation of Western Sahara ⓘ
Spanish colonial rule in Western Sahara ⓘ
placeOfBirth Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Bir Lehlou region of Western Sahara
placeOfDeath Nouakchott ⓘ
surface form: Nouakchott region
positionHeld President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
Secretary-General of the Polisario Front ⓘ
regionOfActivity Algeria ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
religion Islam ⓘ

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Polisario Front → foundedBy → El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed ⓘ
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → name → El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed self-link ⓘ
Secretary-General → notableOfficeHolder → El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front