List of heads of state of Algeria

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List of heads of state of Algeria

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
Gouvernement provisoire de la République algérienne (GPRA)
7 April 1962 to 3 July 1962 Abderrahmane Farès, President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic FLN
Algerian State  (État algérien)
3 July 1962 to 25 September 1962 Abderrahmane Farès, President of the Provisional Executive Council FLN
The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجمهوريّةالجزائرية (Al-Jumhūriyya al-Jazā’iriyya ad-Dimuqratiyya ash-Sha’biyya)
25 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 Ferhat Abbas, President of the National Constituent Assembly FLN  
15 September 1963 to 19 June 1965 Ahmed Ben Bella, President
احمد بن بلة
FLN (Muhammad Ahmad Bin Balla); deposed in a coup d'état
19 June 1965 to 10 December 1976 Colonel Houari Boumédiènne, President of the Revolutionary Council
هواري بومدين, اسمه الحقيقي محمد بوخروبة
Mil/FLN (Originally Mohammed Brahim Boukarouba)
10 December 1976 to 27 December 1978 Colonel Houari Boumédiènne, President
هواري بومدين, اسمه الحقيقي محمد بوخروبة
Elected 10 December 1976; died in office
27 December 1978 to 9 February 1979 Rabah Bitat, interim President
رابح بيطاط
FLN  
9 February 1979 to 11 January 1992 Colonel Chadli Bendjedid, President
شاذلي بن جديد
FLN Elected 7 February 1979; re-elected February 1984
11 January 1992 to 14 January 1992 Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Chairman of the Constitutional Council
n-p
14 January 1992 to 29 June 1992 Mohamed Boudiaf, Chairman of the High Council of State
محمد بوضياف
PRS/ideologically close to the FLN (founding member) Assassinated
2 July 1992 to 31 January 1994 Ali Kafi, Chairman of the High Council of State
علي كاف
PRS  
31 January 1994 to 27 November 1995 Liamine Zéroual, Head of State
اليمين زروال
n-p  
27 November 1995 to 27 April 1999 Liamine Zéroual, President
اليمين زروال
n-p/RND  
27 April 1999 to Present Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة
FLN  

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

Affiliations


FLN Front de Libération National/Jabha al-Tahrir al-Watani
            (Front for National Liberation) socialist; only legal party 1958-1989
MSP Mouvement de la société pour la paix/Harakat Moudjtamaa As-Silm
            (Movement of the Society for Peace) Islamist
PRS Parti Révolutionnaire Socialiste
            (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
RND Rassemblement national pour la démocratie
            (National Rally for Democracy) authoritarian
Mil Military
n-p non-partisan
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