Prime Minister of Algeria

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The Prime Minister is the head of government of Algeria.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Algeria, along with other ministers and members of the government that the new Prime Minister recommends. The People's National Assembly must approve the legislative program of the new government or the Assembly is dissolved and the Prime Minister must resign. There are no constitutional limits on a Prime Minister's term but the longest-serving was Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, who served from 1979 to 1984.

[edit] List of Prime Ministers of Algeria, 1962-present

1.	Ahmed Ben Bella	1962	1963	National Liberation Front
*.	Position vacant	1963	1979	Not applicable
2.	Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani	1979	1984	National Liberation Front
3.	Abdelhamid Brahimi	1984	1988	National Liberation Front
4.	Kasdi Merbah	1988	1989	National Liberation Front
5.	Mouloud Hamrouche	1989	1991	National Liberation Front
6.	Sid Ahmed Ghozali	1991	1992	National Liberation Front
7.	Belaid Abdessalam	1992	1993	National Liberation Front
8.	Redha Malek	1993	1994	No party
9.	Mokdad Sifi	1994	1995	No party
10.	Ahmed Ouyahia	1995	1998	National Rally for Democracy
11.	Smail Hamdani	1998	1999	No party
12.	Ahmed Benbitour	1999	2000	No party
13.	Ali Benflis	2000	2003	National Liberation Front
14.	Ahmed Ouyahia	2003	2006	National Rally for Democracy
15.	Abdelaziz Belkhadem	2006	Present	National Liberation Front