Ahmed Ben Bella
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Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian politician, soldier and revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 and then the first president of Algeri
Ben Bella in 1962
A meeting planning for the transfer of weapons from east base to the Algerians Freedom Fighters. Ben Bella is the second from the left.
Ben Bella (far left) after his arrest by the French army
Ben Bella with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Cuba, 1962
Houari Boumédiène
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Houari Boumédiène was an Algerian military officer, revolutionary, and politician who was the second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978. He served as Chairman of th
Ahmed Ben Bella
…Forces Front against his regime in 1963–1964. He was ousted from power and put under house arrest following a coup d'état by his Minister of Defense Houari Boumédiéne in 1965. He was freed from house arrest on 17 January 1980 and died in 2012. Ahmed Ben Bella was born in 1916 to Moroccan parents in the commune of…
Boumédiène in 1978
The house where Boumédiène was born in Douar Beni Aadi
Boumédiène during the Algerian War of Independence
Boumediene with Ahmed Ben Bella in 1962.