List of heads of government of Algeria

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List of heads of government of Algeria

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic Gouvernement Provisiore de la République Algérienne (GPRA)
18 September 1958 to 22 December 1959		Ferhat Abbas, Head of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Revolution	FLN	In exile in Tunis
22 December 1959 to 19 January 1960		Krim Belkacem, Prime Minister	FLN
19 January 1960 to 27 August 1961		Ferhat Abbas, Prime Minister	FLN
27 August 1961 to 3 July 1962		Benyoucef Benkhedda, Head of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Revolution	FLN	In exile in Tunis
Algerian State  (Etat Algérienne)
3 July 1962 to 25 September 1962		Benyoucef Benkhedda, Head of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Revolution	FLN	In Algiers
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria الجمهوريّةالجزائرية  (Al-Jumhūriyya al-Jazā’iriyya ad-Dimuqratiyya ash-Sha’biyya)
25 September 1962 to 27 September 1962		Benyoucef Benkhedda, provisional Prime Minister	FLN	In Algiers
27 September 1962 to 20 September 1963		Ahmed Ben Bella, Prime Minister احمد بن بلة	FLN	(Muhammad Ahmad Bin Balla); thereafter Head of Government exercised by Head of State until 8 March 1979
20 September 1963 to 19 June 1965		Ahmed Ben Bella, President احمد بن بلة		Deposed in a coup d'detat
19 June 1965 to 10 December 1976		Colonel Houari Boumédiènne, President of the Revolutionary Council هواري بومدين, اسمه الحقيقي محمد بوخروبة	Mil/FLN	(Originally Mohammed Brahim Boukarouba)
10 December 1976 to 27 December 1978		Colonel Houari Boumédiènne, President هواري بومدين, اسمه الحقيقي محمد بوخروبة		Elected 10 December 1976; died in office
27 December 1978 to 9 February 1979		Rabah Bitat, interim President رابح بيطاط	FLN
9 February 1979 to 8 March 1979		Colonel Chadli Bendjedid, President شاذلي بن جديد	FLN	Elected 7 February 1979; re-elected February 1984
8 March 1979 to 22 January 1984		Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Prime Minister	FLN
22 January 1984 to 5 November 1988		Abdelhamid Brahimi, Prime Minister	FLN
5 November 1988 to 9 September 1989		Kasdi Merbah, Prime Minister	FLN
9 September 1989 to 5 June 1991		Mouloud Hamrouche, Prime Minister	FLN
5 June 1991 to 8 July 1992		Sid Ahmed Ghozali, Prime Minister	FLN
8 July 1992 to 21 August 1993		Belaid Abdessalam, Prime Minister	FLN
21 August 1993 to 11 April 1994		Redha Malek, Prime Minister	n-p
11 April 1994 to 31 December 1995		Mokdad Sifi, Prime Minister	n-p
31 December 1995 to 15 December 1998		Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister	n-p/RND	1st time
15 December 1998 to 23 December 1999		Smail Hamdani, Prime Minister	n-p
23 December 1999 to 27 August 2000		Ahmed Benbitour, Prime Minister	n-p
27 August 2000 to 5 May 2003		Ali Benflis, Prime Minister	FLN
5 May 2003 to 24 May 2006		Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister	RND	2nd time
24 May 2006 to 23 June 2008		Abdelaziz Belkhadem, Prime Minister	FLN
23 June 2008 to Present		Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister	RND	3rd time

Affiliations

FLN	Front de Libération National/Jabha al-Tahrir al-Watani
	(Front for National Liberation) socialist; only legal party 1958-1989
MSP	Mouvement de la société pour la paix/Harakat Moudjtamaa As-Silm
	(Movement of the Society for Peace) Islamist
PRS	Parti Révolutionnaire Socialiste
	(Revolutionary Socialist Party)
RND	Rassemblement national pour la démocratie
	(National Rally for Democracy) free market
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan

Sources

• http://www.rulers.org/rula1.html#algeria
• Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
• African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland

See also

• Algeria
  • Heads of state of Algeria
  • Colonial heads of Algeria
• List of office-holders