Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bellawas an Algerian socialist soldier and revolutionary who was the first President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965...
NationalityAlgerian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 December 1918
CountryAlgeria
parent algeria life-is
Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
break-up algeria
Algeria is not breaking up.
development algeria capitalist
Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us.
son cities age
I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.
years half prison
I spent 24 and a half years in prison
fighting america algeria
I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it's from there that all those who fought left. We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
country fighting government
With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.
years long algeria
The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
latin america movement
I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
military years two
In two years, there were 22 military coups d'etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d'etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path.
military struggle leader
Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.
country struggle horizon
When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
motivation years single-life
Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me.
action conviction left
I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.