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| | ALGERIA |
 | | A new government was formed (from a single list of FLN candidates), with Ahmed Ben Bella, founder of the FLN, as Prime Minister. |
 | | In June 1965 the Minister of Defence, Col Houari Boumedienne, deposed Ben Bella in a bloodless coup and took control of the State as President of a Council of the Revolution, which was composed of 26 members, chiefly army officers. |
 | | Algeria adopted a penal code in 1966, retaining the death penalty, which was suspended since early 1994. |
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