Ahmed Ben Bella
1916 – 2012 Algerian Revolutionary, first President of Algeria
Leader of Algeria's war of independence and its first president.
- Religion
- Muslim
- Affiliations
- National Liberation Front (FLN)
Ahmed Ben Bella was a founding leader of the FLN, which fought France's colonial rule in the long and brutal Algerian War from 1954 to 1962. He became independent Algeria's first president in 1963. He was overthrown by Houari Boumediene in 1965 and held for years before going into exile.
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- 1965 Algeria's Ahmed Ben Bella is overthrown in a military coup central figure