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Ahmed Ben Bella (Arabic: أحمد بن بلّة 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 to 19 June 1965.
Ahmed Ben Bella Airport (Arabic: مطار أحمد بن بلة), formally Es-Sénia Airport (IATA: ORN, ICAO: DAOO) is an airport located 4.7 nm (8.7 km) south of Oran (near Es Sénia), in Algeria. History
Ahmed Ben Bella, first president of the Algerian Republic. Houari Boumédiène, at the time Algerian Minister of Defence. Following the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962), with the help of then Chief of Staff Houari Boumédiène and the National Liberation Army (ALN), Ahmed Ben Bella was elected as Prime Minister in September 1962, ousting former Prime Minister Benyoucef Benkhedda.
Incumbent Ahmed Ben Bella of the National Liberation Front (the sole legal party) was the only candidate, and was re-elected with 99.61% of the vote, based on an 89% turnout. [ 2 ] Results
The Socialist Forces Front (FFS) was formed by Hocine Aït Ahmed on 29 September 1963 [1] [2] in the city of Tizi Ouzou to oppose Ben Bella's government. The FFS party of Aït Ahmed contested the authority of the National Liberation Front, which had purged internal dissent and ruled Algeria as a one-party state.
Ahmed Ben Bella أحمد بن بلّة (1916–2012) 1963: 15 September 1963 19 June 1965 : 1 year, 277 days National Liberation Front — Revolutionary Council مجلس الثورة Chairman: Colonel Houari Boumédiène هواري بومدين (1932–1978) — 19 June 1965 10 December 1976 11 years, 174 days Military: 2 Houari Boumédiène
By 9 September, the ALN entered Algiers and Ben Bella declared that the crisis ended. [3] In late 1962, the GPRA was disbanded, after Ahmed Ben Bella seized power through forming a rival institution (a Political Bureau of the FLN) with the backing of the National Liberation Army (ALN), controlled by Col. Houari Boumédiène. An attempt by GPRA ...
Boumédiène and Ahmed Ben Bella overthrew the provisional government of Benyoucef Benkhedda with support from the ALN in 1962. Boumédiène headed a powerful military faction within the government and was made defence minister by the Algerian president Ahmed Ben Bella , whose ascent to power he had assisted as chief of staff.