List of heads of state of Algeria

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This is a list of heads of state of Algeria from 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.

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.

Titles

1958–1962: President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
1962Script error: No such module "String".: 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

List of officeholders

Political parties

National Liberation Front

Party of the Socialist Revolution

National Rally for Democracy

Other factions

Military

Independent

Status

Denotes Acting Heads of State

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Elected	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait		Elected	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| —	File:Ferhat Abbas (cropped).jpg	Ferhat Abbas فرحات عباس (1899–1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn	—	19 September 1958	9 August 1961	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| —	File:Benkhedda 19march62.jpg	Benyoucef Benkhedda بن يوسف بن خدة (1920–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn	—	9 August 1961	27 September 1962	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| —	File:Abderrahmane Farès.jpg	Abderrahmane Farès عبدالرحمن فارس (1911–1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn	—	13 April 1962	25 September 1962	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| —	File:Ferhat Abbas (cropped).jpg	Ferhat Abbas فرحات عباس (1899–1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn	—	25 September 1962	15 September 1963	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| 1	File:Ahmed Ben Bella aux USA, oct.1962 (cropped) (2).jpg	Ahmed Ben Bella أحمد بن بلّة (1916–2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1963	15 September 1963	19 June 1965 (Deposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"\| —	Revolutionary Council مجلس الثورة Chairman: Colonel Houari BoumédièneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". هواري بومدين (1932–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		—	19 June 1965	10 December 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Military
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| 2	File:Houari Boumediene's Portrait.jpg	Houari Boumédiène هواري بومدين (1932–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1976	10 December 1976	27 December 1978 (Died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| —	File:Rabah Bitat.jpg	Rabah Bitat رابح بيطاط (1925–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	27 December 1978	9 February 1979	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| 3	File:Chadli Bendjedid 1979.jpg	Chadli Bendjedid شاذلي بن جديد (1929–2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1979 1984 1988	9 February 1979	11 January 1992 (Resigned)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| —	File:Abdelmalek Benhabylès.png	Abdelmalek Benhabyles عبد المالك بن حبيلس (1921–2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	11 January 1992	14 January 1992	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| 4	File:Le jeun Mohamed Boudiaf.jpg	Mohamed Boudiaf محمد بوضياف (1919–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn	—	14 January 1992	29 June 1992 (Assassinated)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Age in years and days	Party of the Socialist RevolutionScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"\| 5	File:Ali Kafi 1992.jpg	Ali Kafi علي حسين كافي (1928–2013)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn	—	2 July 1992	31 January 1994	Template:Age in years and days	National Liberation Front
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"\| 6	File:Liamine Zéroual.jpg	Liamine Zéroual اليمين زروال (born 1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn	1995	31 January 1994	27 April 1999	Template:Age in years and days	Independent Template:Efn
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"\| 7	File:Bouteflika (Algiers, Feb 2006).jpeg	Abdelaziz Bouteflika عبد العزيز بوتفليقة (1937–2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1999 2004 2009 2014	27 April 1999	2 April 2019 (Resigned)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Age in years and days	Independent Template:Efn
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"\| —	File:Abdelkader Bensalah 18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Baku (cropped).jpg	Abdelkader Bensalah عبد القـادر بن صالح (1941–2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	9 April 2019	19 December 2019	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"\| 8	File:Абдельмаджид Теббун (06-11-2021).jpg	Abdelmadjid Tebboune عبد المجيد تبون (born 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2019 2024	19 December 2019	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	Independent

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

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the heads of state of Algeria. They are listed in order of first assuming office.

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The following chart lists heads of state by lifespan (living heads of state on the green line), with the years outside of their tenure in beige. Heads of state with an unknown birth date or death date are shown with only their tenure or their earlier or later life.

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The following chart shows heads of state by their age (living heads of state in green), with the years of their tenure in blue. Heads of state with an unknown birth or death date are excluded. The vertical black line at 40 years indicates the minimum age to be president as of now.

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