Ben Bella

[ ben bel-lah, bel-uh ]

noun

1. Ah·med [ah, -med], 1916–2012, Algerian statesman: premier 1962–63; president 1963–65.

Ben Bella

/ bɛn ˈbɛlə /

noun

1. Ben BellaMohammed Ahmed19162012MAlgerianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Mohammed Ahmed (ˈɑːmɪd). 1916–2012, Algerian statesman: first prime minister (1962–65) and president (1963–65) of independent Algeria: overthrown and imprisoned (1965–80)

Example Sentences

Ben Bella, a leader of the Tuareg CMA alliance, told the BBC: "These statements will be followed by the arrival of fighters from Niger, Algeria and Libya to support us in the battle."

From BBC

Algeria's football-loving President Ahmed Ben Bella scheduled two friendly matches for the occasion - one in Oran on 15 June, and one in the capital, Algiers, four days later.

From BBC

However, on 17 June, Ben Bella's own Minister of Defence Houari Boumediene carried out a coup d'etat, deposing the president and cancelling the second match.

From BBC

After France conceded independence to Algeria in 1962, she worked for the ministry of health under the newly independent country’s first president, Ahmed Ben Bella, and was granted Algerian citizenship.

From Washington Post

When Ben Bella was ousted in a bloodless 1965 coup by his defense minister Houari Boumédiène, Dr. Beaumanoir fled to Switzerland, where she spent the rest of her career as director of the department of clinical neurophysiology and epileptology at the Geneva University Hospitals.

From Washington Post