After Independence
In 1962, as Algeria gained independence from France, Messali tried to transform his group into a legitimate political party, but it was not successful, and the FLN seized control over Algeria as a one-party state.
Messali Hadj remained in exile near Paris, with little influence over Algerian politics. He died in 1974.
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