List of heads of state of Algeria

This is a list of heads of state of Algeria.

Key

Political parties

Other factions

Military

Status

Denotes Acting Heads of State

List

No.	Name (Birth–Death) Position	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	National Liberation Front
—	Abderrahmane Farès عبدالرحمن فارس (1911–1991) Chairman of the Provisional Executive	–	13 April 1962	25 September 1962	National Liberation Front
—	Ferhat Abbas فرحات عباس (1899–1985) President of the National Constituent Assembly	–	25 September 1962	15 September 1963	National Liberation Front
1	Ahmed Ben Bella أحمد بن بلّة (1916–2012) President of the Republic	1963	15 September 1963	19 June 1965 (deposed.)	National Liberation Front
—	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	National Liberation Front
3	Chadli Bendjedid شاذلي بن جديد (1929–2012) President of the Republic	1979 1984 1988	9 February 1979	11 January 1992 (resigned.)^[a]	National Liberation Front
—	Abdelmalek Benhabyles عبد المالك بن حبيلس (1921–2018) Chairman of the Constitutional Council	–	11 January 1992	14 January 1992	National Liberation Front
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 (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	National Liberation Front
—	Abdelkader Bensalah عبد القـادر بن صالح (1941–2021) Acting Head of State	–	9 April 2019	19 December 2019	National Rally for Democracy
8	Abdelmadjid Tebboune عبد المجيد تبون (1945–) President of the Republic	2019	19 December 2019	Incumbent	National Liberation Front