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{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Ahmed Ben Bella|native_name=أحمد بن بلّة|image_size=200|birth_date=26 December 1916|birth_place=Maghnia, [[French Republic (1870–1940)|French]]-occupied Algeria|death_date=11 April 2012|death_place=Algiers, [[Algeria]]|political_orientation=[[Left-wing]] [[nationalism]]|political_party=[[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|NLF]]|image=Ahmed Ben Bella.jpg}}
{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Ahmed Ben Bella|native_name=أحمد بن بلّة|image_size=200|birth_date=26 December 1916|birth_place=Maghnia, [[French Republic (1870–1940)|French]]-occupied Algeria|death_date=11 April 2012|death_place=Algiers, [[Algeria]]|political_orientation=[[Left-wing]] [[nationalism]]|political_party=[[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]]|image=Ahmed Ben Bella.jpg}}


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'''Ahmed Ben Bella''' (26 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian revolutionary and the first leader of independent Algeria.<ref name=":12222">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Algiers|page=119–120|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>
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Ahmed Ben Bella

أحمد بن بلّة
Born26 December 1916
Maghnia, French-occupied Algeria
Died11 April 2012
Algiers, Algeria
Political orientationLeft-wing nationalism
Political partyFLN


Ahmed Ben Bella (26 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian revolutionary and the first leader of independent Algeria.[1]

Early life

Ben Bella was born on a small farm near the Moroccan border. He fought in the Second World War, where he was commended by Charles de Gaulle.[1]

Independence struggle

Ben Bella joined the national liberation movement in 1945 after the French massacred peaceful protestors in Sétif. He joined Messali Hadj's Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties and created an armed wing, which led to his imprisonment. After being released, he and eight other revolutionaries created the FLN. They began an open armed struggle on 1 November 1958 after the French defeat at Điện Biên Phủ.[1]

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