List of heads of state of Algeria

Summary

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.

Presidential Standard of Algeria

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 edit

  • 1954 - 1962: President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
  • 1962 - 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

Key edit

Political parties
Other factions
Status
  •   Denotes Acting Heads of State

List edit

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

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

Timeline edit

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

See also edit

Notes edit

  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 November 27, 1995, then as President of the Republic until April 27, 1999

External links edit

  • World Statesmen – Algeria