(CNN) -- Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president after the country became independent from France in 1962, has died at the age of 96, Algeria's state-run news agency said Wednesday. He passed away at his family home in Algiers, Algerie Presse Service reported. He was taken to a military hospital twice more than a month ago, the news service said. Ben Bella was president until 1965, when he was deposed in a coup by Houari Boumedienne. People we've lost in 2012: The lives they lived .
Ahmed Ben Bella was president from 1962 to 1965 . He died at his family home in Algiers, state media says .