Ben Bella

American  

[ben bel-lah, bel-uh] / bɛn ˈbɛl lɑ, ˈbɛl ə /

noun

1. Ahmed 1916–2012, Algerian statesman: premier 1962–63; president 1963–65.

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Ben Bella British  

/ bɛn ˈbɛlə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

They spent a brief period in Algeria - where they were offered sanctuary by the country's first post-independence President, Ahmed Ben Bella.

From BBC

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

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