Ahmed Ben Bella (Arabic: أحمد بن بلّة; 25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian soldier and revolutionary who was the first President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965.
Read more about Ahmed Ben Bella: Youth, Service With French Army, Before Independence, Algerian Independence, Later Life
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