List of heads of state of Algeria

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This is a list of heads of state of Algeria since the formation of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) in exile in Cairo, Egypt in 1958 during the Algerian War, through independence in 1962, to the present day.

A total of five people have served as President of Algeria (not counting two Presidents of the GPRA and four interim heads of state). Additionally, two persons, Houari Boumédiène and Liamine Zéroual, have served both as interim heads of state and as President of Algeria.

Title

List of officeholders

Political parties
   National Liberation Front
   Party of the Socialist Revolution
   National Rally for Democracy
Other factions
   Military
   Independent
Status
  Denotes Acting Heads of State
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
ElectedTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Ferhat Abbas - algerischer Staatsprasident.jpg Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس
(1899–1985)
[lower-alpha 1]
19 September 19589 August 19612 years, 324 days National Liberation Front
Benkhedda 19march62.jpg Benyoucef Benkhedda
بن يوسف بن خدة
(1920–2003)
[lower-alpha 1]
9 August 196127 September 19621 year, 49 days National Liberation Front
Abderrahmane Fares.jpg Abderrahmane Farès
عبدالرحمن فارس
(1911–1991)
[lower-alpha 2]
13 April 196225 September 1962165 days National Liberation Front
Ferhat Abbas - algerischer Staatsprasident.jpg Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس
(1899–1985)
[lower-alpha 3]
25 September 196215 September 1963355 days National Liberation Front
1 Benbella.jpg Ahmed Ben Bella
أحمد بن بلّة
(1916–2012)
1963 15 September 196319 June 1965
(Deposed)
1 year, 277 days National Liberation Front
Revolutionary Council
مجلس الثورة
Chairman: Colonel Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين
(1932–1978)
19 June 196510 December 197611 years, 174 days Military
2 Houari Boumediene's Portrait.jpg Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين
(1932–1978)
1976 10 December 197627 December 1978
(Died in office)
2 years, 17 days National Liberation Front
Rabah Bitat.jpg Rabah Bitat
رابح بيطاط
(1925–2000)
27 December 19789 February 197944 days National Liberation Front
3 Chadli Bendjedid 1979.jpg Chadli Bendjedid
شاذلي بن جديد
(1929–2012)
1979
1984
1988
9 February 197911 January 1992
(Resigned) [lower-alpha 4]
12 years, 336 days National Liberation Front
Abdelmalek Benhabyles.png Abdelmalek Benhabyles
عبد المالك بن حبيلس
(1921–2018)
11 January 199214 January 19923 days National Liberation Front
4 Le jeun Mohamed Boudiaf.jpg Mohamed Boudiaf
محمد بوضياف
(1919–1992)
[lower-alpha 5]
14 January 199229 June 1992
(Assassinated)
167 days Party of the Socialist Revolution [ citation needed ]
5 Ali Kafi 1992.jpg Ali Kafi
علي حسين كافي
(1928–2013)
[lower-alpha 5]
2 July 199231 January 19941 year, 213 days National Liberation Front
6 Liamine Zeroual.jpg Liamine Zéroual
اليمين زروال
(born 1941)
[lower-alpha 6]
1995 31 January 199427 April 19995 years, 86 days Independent
7 Bouteflika (Algiers, Feb 2006).jpeg Abdelaziz Bouteflika
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة
(1937–2021)
1999
2004
2009
2014
27 April 19992 April 2019
(Resigned)
19 years, 340 days Independent
Abdelkader Bensalah 18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Baku (cropped).jpg Abdelkader Bensalah
عبد القـادر بن صالح
(1941–2021)
9 April 201919 December 2019254 days Independent
8 Abdel'madzhid Tebbun (06-11-2021).jpg Abdelmadjid Tebboune
عبد المجيد تبون
(born 1945)
2019
2024
19 December 2019Incumbent4 years, 320 days Independent

For details of the post of President of Algeria see: President of Algeria

Timeline

Abdelmadjid TebbouneAbdelkader BensalahAbdelaziz BouteflikaLiamine ZéroualAli KafiMohamed BoudiafAbdelmalek BenhabylesChadli BendjedidRabah BitatHouari BoumédièneRevolutionary Council (Algeria)Ahmed Ben BellaAbderrahmane FarèsBenyoucef BenkheddaFerhat AbbasList of heads of state of Algeria

Notes

  1. 1 2 as President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
  2. as Chairman of the Provisional Executive
  3. as President of the National Constituent Assembly
  4. Forced to resign by the military, at the beginning of the Algerian Civil War.
  5. 1 2 as Chairman of the High Council of State
  6. as State President until 27 November 1995, then as President of the Republic until 27 April 1999

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