What is Ahmed Ben Bella?
[[File:Président Ahmed Ben Bella.jpg|thumb|Ahmed Ben Bella]] '''Ahmed Ben Bella''' (25 December 1918<ref>Shown as 1916 in some sources, but his father changed his year of birth from 1918 to enable him to leave school early and help him on his farm [http://i-cias.com/e.o/benbella.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111154025/http://i-cias.com/e.o/benbella.htm |date=2020-11-11 }}</ref> – 11 April 2012) was an [[Algeria]]n soldier. He was the first [[President of Algeria]] from 1963 to 1965. He was born in [[Maghnia]], Algeria. He was a [[Sunni Islam]]. Ben Bella joined the [[French Army]] in 1936. He went to prison for forming a group to fight [[France|French]] rule. He escaped and went to [[Tunisia]]. He was arrested again in 1956 and got out of prison in 1962. He became president in 1963. In 1965, [[Houari Boumédiènne]] made him stop being Presindent. He was under house arrest until 1980. He was allowed to live in [[Switzerland]]. He lived for 10 years in [[Lausanne]]. In 1990 he was able to return to Algeria. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ben Bella, Ahmed}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Algeria]] [[Category:Muslims]] {{sports-bio-stub}}