Interim Government
Photograph
Interim Government
Algeria on Independence Eve
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 3/16 × 9 7/16 in. (15.7 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0286
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso TC: (Algeria) 6/62 27) INTERIM GOVERNMENT: Between cease-fire and independence, \ Algeria has been governed by the Provisional Executive Committee. \ Here it is meeting in the newly-built and heavily guarded govern- \ ment center of Rocher Noir (Black Rock) near Algiers. In the \ center: Abdaraman Fares, President, with Vice- President Rote \ on his left. The empty chair belongs to Dr. Chawki Mostefai, \ who at this moment was negotiating with the O.A.S. \ Credit: Marc Riboud © MAGNUM Photos
