Ahmed Ben Bella Biography and Timeline

NLF

Founder of the National Liberation Front

Party Leader

Appointed Party Leader of the National Liberation Front

Arrest of Ahmed Ben Bella

Captured by the French & interned in France

Constitution of Algeria

1st Prime Minister of Algeria

Role range: 1954-1962

Prime Minister of Algeria

Appointed Prime Minister of Algeria

Role range: 1954-1962

Peace

7-18 March, a cease-fire is negotiated between the French & Algerian rebel leaders

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1963-1965

Accords of Evian

Signed by France and the Front de Liberation nationale, ends the war in Algeria with a formal cease-fire proclaimed for March 19, and formalizing the idea of cooperative exchange between the two countries

Role range: 1963-1965

Accords of Evian

The Evian Accord proposals for Algerian independence are accepted in a referendum

Role range: 1963-1965

Independence of Algeria

The Evian Accord proposals for Algerian independence are accepted in a referendum

Role range: 1963-1965

Referendum

The Evian Accord proposals for Algerian independence are accepted in a referendum

Role range: 1963-1965

Constitution of Algeria

Becomes Algerias 1st Prime Minister

Independence of Algeria

Becomes Algerias 1st Prime Minister

Constitution of Algeria

The Tripoli Program, which served as Algerias constitution when it won its war for independence from France in 1962, established the President as the head of state with a Prime Minister assisting in the operation of Government

Role range: 1954-1962

Massacre

A group of Algerian Rebels open fire on a marketplace in Oran killing numerous innocent civilians, mostly women, known as the Saint Bartholomew Massacre

Role range: 1963-1965

Tripoli Program

The Tripoli Program, which served as Algerias constitution when it won its war for independence from France in 1962, established the President as the head of state with a Prime Minister assisting in the operation of Government

Role range: 1954-1962

Arrest of Ahmed Ben Bella

Released by de Gaulle prior to the cease-fire negotiations

Independence Opens Economic Transition

Following independence, Ahmed Ben Bella's government faces the task of replacing departed French administrators and reorganizing economic institutions.

Abandoned Farms Enter Self Management

Ben Bella's government backs worker management of agricultural and industrial enterprises left by departing colonial owners.

President of Algeria

Appointed President of Algeria, Algerias 1st President

Role range: 1963-1965

Constitution of Algeria

Internal political maneuvering results in a new constitution in that abolishes the Prime Minister position and devolves all executive power upon the office of the President

Role range: 1954-1962

Declaration of War

Moroccos disputed claim to portions of western Algeria leads to the Sand War

Role range: 1963-1965

Self Management Decrees Issued

Ben Bella's administration formalizes self management arrangements for enterprises and agricultural properties abandoned after independence.

Agrarian Reform Becomes Government Priority

The new Algerian leadership identifies land control and agricultural production as central postcolonial economic problems.

Coup

Ahmed Ben Bella is overthrown by his former ally and Defence Minister, Houari Boumedienne

Role range: 1963-1965