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Ahmed Ben Bella

1916 - 2012

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Ahmed Ben Bella (Arabic: أحمد بن بلّة, romanized: Aḥmad bin Billah; 25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and socialist revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 and then the first president of Algeria from 15 September 1963 until his overthrow on 19 June 1965. Ben Bella played an important role during the Algerian war of independence against France, leading the FLN, organizing the shipment of foreign weapons and coordinating political strategy from Cairo. Despite not being present in Algeria, French authorities tried to assassinate him multiple times. Once Algeria gained independence in 1962, Ben Bella's Oujda Group seized power from Benyoucef Benkhedda's provisional government after a short crisis, and Ben Bella became prime minister of Algeria with Ferhat Abbas as acting president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmed Ben Bella is the 1,425th most popular politician (down from 1,168th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 11th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Politician.

Ahmed ben Bella is most famous for being the first president of Algeria, a country in North Africa. He was president from 1963 to 1965.

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Among politicians, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 1,425 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis III of France, Berenice III of Egypt, Yitzhak Shamir, Sandra Mason, Soong Ching-ling, and Lazare Carnot. After him are Mir Osman Ali Khan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Albert Lebrun, Fuxi, Leo IV the Khazar, and David Lloyd George.

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Among people born in 1916, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 15. Before him are Gough Whitlam, Elena Ceaușescu, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Francis Crick, and Roald Dahl. After him are João Havelange, Olivia de Havilland, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean Dausset, Christian B. Anfinsen, and Camilo José Cela. Among people deceased in 2012, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 13. Before him are F. Sherwood Rowland, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., I. K. Gujral, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Joseph Murray, and Yitzhak Shamir. After him are Theo Angelopoulos, George Tupou V, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Clarke Duncan, Elinor Ostrom, and Jon Lord.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 12 out of 213. Before him are Jacques Derrida (1930), Yves Saint Laurent (1936), Jugurtha (-160), Saint Monica (332), Louis Althusser (1918), and Édouard-Henri Avril (1849). After him are Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Juba II (-52), Emir Abdelkader (1808), Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 3. Before him are Macrinus (164), and Jugurtha (-160). After him are Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Juba II (-52), Emir Abdelkader (1808), Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Houari Boumédiène (1932), Ferhat Abbas (1899), and Abd al-Mu'min (1094).

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