List of heads of state of Algeria

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

This article is about the heads of state of modern Algeria. For the heads of government of modern Algeria, see List of heads of government of Algeria.
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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.

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  •   Denotes Acting Heads of State

List
No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Position		 Portrait Elected Term of office Political party
— Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس

(1899–1985)
President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic

 – 19 September 1958 9 August 1961 National Liberation Front
— Benyoucef Benkhedda
بن يوسف بن خدة

(1920–2003)
President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic

 – 9 August 1961 27 September 1962
— Abderrahmane Farès
عبدالرحمن فارس

(1911–1991)
Chairman of the Provisional Executive

 – 13 April 1962 25 September 1962
— Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس

(1899–1985)
President of the National Constituent Assembly

 – 25 September 1962 15 September 1963
1 Ahmed Ben Bella
أحمد بن بلّة

(1916–2012)
President of the Republic

 1963 15 September 1963 19 June 1965
(deposed.)
— Revolutionary Council
Chairman: Colonel Houari Boumédiène		 — 19 June 1965 10 December 1976 Military
2 Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين

(1932–1978)
President of the Republic

 1976 10 December 1976 27 December 1978
(died in office.)		 National Liberation Front
— Rabah Bitat
رابح بيطاط

(1925–2000)
Acting Head of State

 – 27 December 1978 9 February 1979
3 Chadli Bendjedid
شاذلي بن جديد

(1929–2012)
President of the Republic

 1979
1984
1988		 9 February 1979 11 January 1992
(resigned.)[lower-alpha 1]
— Abdelmalek Benhabyles
عبد المالك بن حبيلس

(1921–2018)
Chairman of the Constitutional Council

 – 11 January 1992 14 January 1992
4 Mohamed Boudiaf
محمد بوضياف

(1919–1992)
Chairman of the High Council of State

 – 14 January 1992 29 June 1992
(assassinated.)		 Party of the Socialist Revolution
5 Ali Kafi
علي حسين كافي

(1928–2013)
Chairman of the High Council of State

 – 2 July 1992 31 January 1994 National Liberation Front
6 Liamine Zéroual
اليمين زروال
(born 1941)		 1995 31 January 1994
State President
27 November 1995
President of the Republic		 27 April 1999 Independent
7 Abdelaziz Bouteflika
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة

(1937–2021)
President of the Republic

 1999
2004
2009
2014		 27 April 1999 2 April 2019
(Resigned.)		 Independent
— Abdelkader Bensalah
عبد القـادر بن صالح

(1941–2021)
Acting Head of State

 – 9 April 2019 19 December 2019 Independent
8 Abdelmadjid Tebboune
عبد المجيد تبون

(born 1945)
President of the Republic

 2019 19 December 2019 Incumbent Independent

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

Timeline
Abdelmadjid TebbouneAbdelkader BensalahAbdelaziz BouteflikaLiamine ZéroualAli KafiMohamed BoudiafAbdelmalek BenhabylesChadli BendjedidRabah BitatHouari BoumédièneRevolutionary Council (Algeria)Ahmed Ben BellaAbderrahmane FarèsBenyoucef BenkheddaFerhat Abbas

See also

Notes
  1. Forced to resign by the military, at the beginning of the Algerian Civil War.
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