Ahmed Ben Bella Ahmed Ben Bella (born 1918) was one of the "historic chiefs" of the Algerian war of independence and the first president of the Algerian Republic. Ahmed Ben Bella was born into a modest peasant family on December 25, 1918, at Marnia, a small town near th... more
Ben Bella, Ahmed (born Dec. 25, 1918?, Maghnia, Alg.) First elected president of Algeria. After a French education, he entered the French army and was decorated during World War II (1939–45). After the war he took up arms to fight French rule. In 1954 he helped fou... more
