Saadi Yacef

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Yacef Saâdi
ياسف سعدي
Yacef at the 1966 Venice Film Festival
Born	(1928-01-20)20 January 1928 Algiers, French Algeria
Died	10 September 2021(2021-09-10) (aged 93) Algiers, Algeria
Burial place	El Kettar cemetery in Algiers
Nationality	Algerian
Other names	Si Djâffer, Réda Lee
Organization	Armée de libération nationale (ALN)
Known for	Battle of Algiers
Notable work	The Battle of Algiers
Movement	Front de libération nationale (FLN)
Spouse	Baya Boudjema (m.1965)
Children	Zaphira, Salima, Saida, Omar and Amin
Military career
Allegiance	National Liberation Army
Years of service	1945–1962
Rank	FLN military chief of the Zone Autonome d'Alger
Battles/wars	Battle of Algiers
Other work	Author, film producer, actor, baker, politician

Saadi Yacef (Arabic: ياسف سعدي, romanized: Yāsaf Saʿadī; 20 January 1928 – 10 September 2021) was an Algerian independence fighter, serving as a leader of the National Liberation Front during his country's war of independence.^[1] He was a Senator in Algeria's Council of the Nation until his death.