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Picture taken on August 03, 1962 during a meeting of the political bureau of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), at the prefecture of Algiers, after Ahmed Ben Bella returned to his country one month after the independence of Algeria. Seated, from left to right: FLN leader Rabah Bitat, Vice-President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) Krim Belkacem, President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) Benyoucef Ben Khedda (sunglasses), Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) leader Ahmed Ben Bella, Colonel Youcef Khatib, known as Si Hassan. Standing, with glasses, Minister of Information of the GPRA M'Hamed Yazid (C). After Algeria's proclamation of independence on March 18, 1962, Ahmed Ben Bella, one of the founders of the Revolutionary Committee for Unity and Action (CRUA), the future National Liberation Front (FLN), became the first president of the Council of Ministers (1962-1963), then the first president of the Republic of Algeria (1963-1965). (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)