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Ahmed Ben Bella Biography

Ahmed Ben Bella (Arabic: أحمد بن بلّة‎ Aḥmad bin Billah; 25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian socialist soldier and revolutionary who was the first President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965.

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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.

Age, Algeria, Born, Cities, Marrakech, Son

My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.

Country, Likewise, Participated, Special, Struggle, Struggles

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, Opened, Path, Two, Years

Algeria is not breaking up.

Algeria, Break Up, Breaking, Breaking Promises

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

Colonialism, Country, Europe, France, Ideas, Occupy

Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.

Different, Leftists, Parties, Party

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

Algeria, Born, Life Is, Parent, Parents

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.

Accommodated, America, Latin, Movement, Practically

In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.

Bad, Creates, Misery, Past, Poverty, Serve

Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.

300, Army, Colonialism, Foreign, Say, Years

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.

Against, Algeria, Beginning, Capitalist, Development

It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won't be easy.

Country, Easy, War

The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.

Algeria, French, Long, Time, Years

I spent 24 and a half years in prison

Half, Prison, Spent, Years

When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.

Country, Horizon, Horizons, Open, Struggle

I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.

People, Proper, Support, Thinking

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.

Agreed, Leader, Military, National, Struggle, Time

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.

Algeria, America, Arranged, Fighting, Fought, Left

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.

Motivation, Old, Same, Single Life, Years

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