| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
Gouvernement provisiore de la République algérienne (GPRA) |
| 28 March 1962 to 3 July 1962 |
Abdur Rahman Farès, President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
(Abderrahman Farès) |
|
|
| Algerian State (État algérien) |
| 3 July 1962 to 4 August 1962 |
Abdur Rahman Farès, President of the Provisional Executive Council
(Abderrahman Farès) |
|
|
| September 20, 1962 to September 25, 1962 |
Ferhat Abbas, President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
|
FLN |
|
The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجمهوريّةالجزائرية (Al-Jumhūriyya al-Jazā’iriyya ad-Dimuqratiyya ash-Sha’biyya) |
| September 25, 1962 to September 15, 1963 |
Ferhat Abbas, President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic |
FLN |
|
| September 15, 1963 to June 19, 1965 |
Ahmed Ben Bella, President
احمد بن بلة |
FLN |
(Muhammad Ahmad Bin Balla); deposed in a coup d'état |
| June 19, 1965 to December 10, 1976 |
Colonel Houari Boumédiènne, President of the Revolutionary Council
هواري بومدين, اسمه الحقيقي محمد بوخروبة |
Mil/FLN |
(Originally Mohammed Brahim Boukarouba) |
| December 10, 1976 to December 27, 1978 |
Colonel Houari Boumédiènne, President
هواري بومدين, اسمه الحقيقي محمد بوخروبة |
Elected 10 Dec 1976; died in office |
| December 27, 1978 to February 9, 1979 |
Rabah Bitat, interim President
رابح بيطاط |
FLN |
|
| February 9, 1979 to January 11, 1992 |
Colonel Chadli Bendjedid, President
شاذلي بن جديد |
FLN |
Elected 7 Feb 1979; re-elected February 1984 |
| January 14, 1992 to June 29, 1992 |
Mohamed Boudiaf, Chairman of the High Council of State
محمد بوضياف |
PRF |
Assassinated |
| June 29, 1992 to January 31, 1994 |
Ali Kafi, Chairman of the High Council of State
علي كاف |
PRS |
|
| January 31, 1994 to April 27, 1999 |
Liamine Zéroual, Head of State
اليمين زروال |
n-p/RND |
|
| April 27, 1999 to present |
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة |
n-p |
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