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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

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  • 1954–1962: President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
  • 1962          : Chairman of the Provisional Executive
  • 1962–1963: President of the National Constituent Assembly
  • 1963–1965: President of the Republic
  • 1965–1976: Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
  • 1976–1992: President of the Republic
  • 1992–1994: Chairman of the High Council of State
  • 1994–1995: State President
  • 1995–present: President of the Republic

List of officeholders

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Political parties
Other factions
Status
  Denotes Acting Heads of State
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Duration
Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس
(1899–1985)
[a]
19 September 1958 9 August 1961 2 years, 324 days National Liberation Front
Benyoucef Benkhedda
بن يوسف بن خدة
(1920–2003)
[a]
9 August 1961 27 September 1962 1 year, 49 days National Liberation Front
Abderrahmane Farès
عبدالرحمن فارس
(1911–1991)
[b]
13 April 1962 25 September 1962 165 days National Liberation Front
Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس
(1899–1985)
[c]
25 September 1962 15 September 1963 355 days National Liberation Front
1 Ahmed Ben Bella
أحمد بن بلّة
(1916–2012)
1963 15 September 1963 19 June 1965
(Deposed)
1 year, 277 days National Liberation Front
Revolutionary Council
مجلس الثورة
Chairman: Colonel Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين
(1932–1978)
19 June 1965 10 December 1976 11 years, 174 days Military
2 Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين
(1932–1978)
1976 10 December 1976 27 December 1978
(Died in office)
2 years, 17 days National Liberation Front
Rabah Bitat
رابح بيطاط
(1925–2000)
27 December 1978 9 February 1979 44 days National Liberation Front
3 Chadli Bendjedid
شاذلي بن جديد
(1929–2012)
1979
1984
1988
9 February 1979 11 January 1992
(Resigned)[d]
12 years, 336 days National Liberation Front
Abdelmalek Benhabyles
عبد المالك بن حبيلس
(1921–2018)
11 January 1992 14 January 1992 3 days National Liberation Front
4 Mohamed Boudiaf
محمد بوضياف
(1919–1992)
[e]
14 January 1992 29 June 1992
(Assassinated)
167 days Party of the Socialist Revolution[citation needed]
5 Ali Kafi
علي حسين كافي
(1928–2013)
[e]
2 July 1992 31 January 1994 1 year, 213 days National Liberation Front
6 Liamine Zéroual
اليمين زروال
(born 1941)
[f]
1995 31 January 1994 27 April 1999 5 years, 86 days Independent
7 Abdelaziz Bouteflika
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة
(1937–2021)
1999
2004
2009
2014
27 April 1999 2 April 2019
(Resigned)
19 years, 340 days Independent
Abdelkader Bensalah
عبد القـادر بن صالح
(1941–2021)
9 April 2019 19 December 2019 254 days Independent
8 Abdelmadjid Tebboune
عبد المجيد تبون
(born 1945)
2019
2024
19 December 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 355 days Independent

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

Timeline

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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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

See also

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