List of heads of state of Algeria

This article is about the heads of state of modern Algeria. For the heads of government of modern Algeria, see List of heads of government 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 head of state and as President of Algeria.

Key

Political parties

•   National Liberation Front
•   Party of the Socialist Revolution
•   National Rally for Democracy

Other factions

•   Military
•   Independent

Status

•   Denotes Acting Heads of State

List

No.	Name (Birth–Death) Position	Portrait	Elected	Term of office		Political party
—	Ferhat Abbas فرحات عباس (1899–1985) President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic		–	19 September 1958	9 August 1961	National Liberation Front
—	Benyoucef Benkhedda بن يوسف بن خدة (1920–2003) President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic		–	9 August 1961	27 September 1962
—	Abderrahmane Farès عبدالرحمن فارس (1911–1991) Chairman of the Provisional Executive		–	13 April 1962	25 September 1962
—	Ferhat Abbas فرحات عباس (1899–1985) President of the National Constituent Assembly		–	25 September 1962	15 September 1963
1	Ahmed Ben Bella أحمد بن بلّة (1916–2012) President of the Republic		1963	15 September 1963	19 June 1965 (deposed.)
—	Revolutionary Council Chairman: Colonel Houari Boumédiène		—	19 June 1965	10 December 1976	Military
2	Houari Boumédiène هواري بومدين (1932–1978) President of the Republic		1976	10 December 1976	27 December 1978 (died in office.)	National Liberation Front
—	Rabah Bitat رابح بيطاط (1925–2000) Acting Head of State		–	27 December 1978	9 February 1979
3	Chadli Bendjedid شاذلي بن جديد (1929–2012) President of the Republic		1979 1984 1988	9 February 1979	11 January 1992 (resigned.)
—	Abdelmalek Benhabyles عبد المالك بن حبيلس (1921–2018) Chairman of the Constitutional Council		–	11 January 1992	14 January 1992
4	Mohamed Boudiaf محمد بوضياف (1919–1992) Chairman of the High Council of State		–	14 January 1992	29 June 1992 (assassinated.)	Party of the Socialist Revolution
5	Ali Kafi علي حسين كافي (1928–2013) Chairman of the High Council of State		–	2 July 1992	31 January 1994	National Liberation Front
6	Liamine Zéroual اليمين زروال (born 1941)		1995	31 January 1994 State President 27 November 1995 President of the Republic	27 April 1999	Independent
6	Abdelaziz Bouteflika عبد العزيز بوتفليقة (1937–2021) President of the Republic		1999 2004 2009 2014	27 April 1999	2 April 2019 (Resigned.)	Independant
—	Abdelkader Bensalah عبد القـادر بن صالح (1941–2021) Acting Head of State		–	9 April 2019	19 December 2019	National Rally for Democracy
6	Abdelmadjid Tebboune عبد المجيد تبون (born 1945) President of the Republic		2019	19 December 2019	Incumbent	Independant

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

Timeline

See also

• Algeria
  • List of French governors of Algeria
  • President of Algeria
  • Prime Minister of Algeria
    • List of heads of government of Algeria
• Lists of office-holders

External links

• World Statesmen – Algeria