List of heads of state of Algeria

This is a list of heads of state of Algeria.

Key

Political parties
  •   Party of the Socialist Revolution
  •   National Rally for Democracy
Other factions
  •   Military
Status
  •   Denotes Acting Heads of State


List

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
1 Messali Hadj — 1 November 1954 19 September 1958 National Liberation Front
2 Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس
(1899–1985)
[a]		 — 19 September 1958 9 August 1961 National Liberation Front
3 Benyoucef Benkhedda
بن يوسف بن خدة
(1920–2003)
[a]		 — 9 August 1961 27 September 1962 National Liberation Front
4 Abderrahmane Farès
عبدالرحمن فارس
(1911–1991)
[b]		 — 13 April 1962 25 September 1962 National Liberation Front
2 Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس
(1899–1985)
[c]		 — 25 September 1962 15 September 1963 National Liberation Front
5 Ahmed Ben Bella
أحمد بن بلّة
(1916–2012)		 1963 15 September 1963 19 June 1965
(Deposed)		 National Liberation Front

Revolutionary Council (Algeria)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
— Revolutionary Council
مجلس الثورة
Chairman: Colonel Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين
(1932–1978)		 — 19 June 1965 10 December 1976 Military

President

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
6 Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين
(1932–1978)		 1976 10 December 1976 27 December 1978
(Died in office)		 National Liberation Front
7 Rabah Bitat
رابح بيطاط
(1925–2000)		 — 27 December 1978 9 February 1979 National Liberation Front
8 Chadli Bendjedid
شاذلي بن جديد
(1929–2012)		 1979
1984
1988		 9 February 1979 11 January 1992
(Resigned)[d]		 National Liberation Front
9 Abdelmalek Benhabyles
عبد المالك بن حبيلس
(1921–2018)		 — 11 January 1992 14 January 1992 National Liberation Front

Chairman

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Chairman of the High Council of State
10 Mohamed Boudiaf
محمد بوضياف
(1919–1992)
[e]		 — 14 January 1992 29 June 1992
(Assassinated)		 Party of the Socialist Revolution

President

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Chairman of the High Council of State
11 Ali Kafi
علي حسين كافي
(1928–2013)
[e]		 — 2 July 1992 31 January 1994 National Liberation Front
President
12 Liamine Zéroual
اليمين زروال
(1941–2026)
[f]		 1995 31 January 1994 27 April 1999 Independent[g]
13 Abdelaziz Bouteflika
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة
(1937–2021)		 1999
2004
2009
2014		 27 April 1999 2 April 2019
(Resigned)		 Independent[h]
14 Ahmed Ouyahya

(1952—)

أحمد أويحيى

 26 November 2005 31 December 2005 National Democratic Union
15 Abdelmalek Sellal

(1948—) عبد المالك سلال

 27 April 2013 16 July 2013 National Liberation Front (Algeria)
16 Abdelkader Bensalah
عبد القـادر بن صالح
(1941–2021)		 — 9 April 2019 19 December 2019 Independent
17 Abdelmadjid Tebboune
عبد المجيد تبون
(born 1945)		 2019
2024		 19 December 2019 Incumbent Independent
18 Abdelaziz Jarad

(1954—)

عبد العزيز جراد

 28 October 2020 12 February 2021 National Liberation Front

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  1. 1 2 as President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic.
  2. ↑ as Chairman of the Provisional Executive.
  3. ↑ as President of the National Constituent Assembly.
  4. ↑ Forced to resign by the military, at the beginning of the Algerian Civil War.
  5. 1 2 as Chairman of the High Council of State.
  6. ↑ as State President until 27 November 1995, then as President of the Republic until 27 April 1999.
  7. ↑ Supported by:
    RND (1997–1999)[1]
  8. ↑ Supported by:
    FLN (1999)[2]
    RND and MSP (2004)[3]
    FLN (2009)[4]
    FLN (2014)[5]
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  1. ↑ Esposito, John L.; Shahin, Emad El-Din (2018-08-01). Islam and Politics Around the World. Oxford University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-19-090041-0. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "People's Republic of Algeria - Presidential elections of 15 April 1999" (TXT). psephos.adam-carr.net.
  3. ↑ "Official Gazette" (PDF). www.joradp.dz (in Arabic).
  4. ↑ "The presidential election in Algeria". April 2009. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22.
  5. ↑ "Élections". www.interieur.gov.dz. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
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