| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
Gouvernement Provisiore de la République Algérienne (GPRA) |
| 18 September 1958 to 22 December 1959 |
Ferhat Abbas, Head of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Revolution |
FLN |
In exile in Tunis |
| 22 December 1959 to 19 January 1960 |
Krim Belkassim, Prime Minister |
|
|
| 19 January 1960 to 27 August 1961 |
Ferhat Abbas, Prime Minister |
FLN |
|
| 27 August 1961 to 3 July 1962 |
Benyoucef Ben Khedda, Head of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Revolution
|
FLN |
In exile in Tunis |
| Algerian State (Etat Algérienne) |
| 5 July 1962 to 4 August 1962 |
Benyoucef Ben Khedda, Head of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Revolution |
FLN |
In Algiers |
| 4 August 1962 to 25 September 1962 |
Ahmed Ben Bella, Head of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Revolution
احمد بن بلة |
FLN |
(Muhammad Ahmad Bin Balla) |
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجمهوريّةالجزائرية (Al-Jumhūriyya al-Jazā’iriyya ad-Dimuqratiyya ash-Sha’biyya) |
| 25 September 1962 to 26 September 1962 |
Ahmed Ben Bella, provisional Prime Minister
احمد بن بلة |
FLN |
In Algiers |
| 26 September 1962 to 20 September 1963 |
Ahmed Ben Bella, Prime Minister
احمد بن بلة |
Thereafter Head of Government exercised by Head of State until 8 March 1979 |
| 20 September 1963 to 19 June 1965 |
Ahmed Ben Bella, President
احمد بن بلة |
Deposed in a coup d'detat |
| 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 8 March 1979 |
Colonel Chadli Bendjedid, President
شاذلي بن جديد |
FLN |
Elected 7 Feb 1979; re-elected February 1984 |
| 8 March 1979 to 22 January 1984 |
Mohammed Abdelghani, Prime Minister |
FLN |
|
| 22 January 1984 to 5 November 1988 |
Abdelhamid Brahimi, Prime Minister |
FLN |
|
| 5 November 1988 to 9 September 1989 |
Kasdi Merbah, Prime Minister |
FLN |
|
| 9 September 1989 to 5 June 1991 |
Mouloud Hamrouche, Prime Minister |
FLN |
|
| 5 June 1991 to 8 July 1992 |
Sid Ahmed Ghozali, Prime Minister |
FLN |
|
| 8 July 1992 to 21 August 1993 |
Belaid Abdessalam, Prime Minister |
FLN |
|
| 21 August 1993 to 11 April 1994 |
Redha Malek, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| 11 April 1994 to 31 December 1995 |
Mokdad Sifi, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| 31 December 1995 to 15 December 1998 |
Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister |
n-p/RND |
|
| 15 December 1998 to 23 December 1999 |
Smail Hamdani, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| 23 December 1999 to 27 August 2000 |
Ahmed Benbitour, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| 27 August 2000 to 5 May 2003 |
Ali Benflis, Prime Minister |
FLN |
|
| 5 May 2003 to present |
Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister |
RND |
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