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Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella (1916–2012) was the central leader of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), which led the struggle for independence from France. President of the workers and farmers government that came to power in 1962, he was overthrown in a coup led by Colonel. Houari Boumediene in June 1965....
Ahmed Ben Bella (1916–2012) was the central leader of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), which led the struggle for independence from France. President of the workers and farmers government that came to power in 1962, he was overthrown in a coup led by Colonel. Houari Boumediene in June 1965. Ben Bella is the author of "Che Guevara, Cuba, and the Algerian Revolution" in Celebrating the Homecoming of Ernesto Che Guevara's Reinforcement Brigade to Cuba (1998).