List of heads of government of Algeria

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This is a list of heads of government 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.

A total of twenty people have served as Prime Minister of Algeria (not counting two Presidents of the GPRA and two Acting Prime Ministers). Additionally, one person, Ahmed Ouyahia, has served on three non-consecutive occasions.

Key

Political parties
  •   
    National Rally for Democracy
Other factions
Status
  •   Denotes Acting Prime Minister

List

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Position
Term of office Political party Legislature
(Election)
Head(s) of state
(Term)
Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس

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

19 September 1958 9 August 1961 National Liberation Front None Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس

(1958–1961)

Benyoucef Benkhedda
بن يوسف بن خدة

(1921–2003)
President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic

9 August 1961 27 September 1962 National Liberation Front Benyoucef Benkhedda
بن يوسف بن خدة

(1961–1962)

Abderrahmane Farès
عبدالرحمن فارس

(1962)

1 Ahmed Ben Bella
أحمد بن بلّة

(1916–2012)
Head of Government

1 27 September 1962 15 September 1963 National Liberation Front I (
1962
)
Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس

(1962–1963)

Office abolished (1963–1976)
Office vacant (1976–1979)
2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani
محمد بن أحمد عبد الغني

(1927–1996)
Prime Minister

1 8 March 1979 22 January 1984 National Liberation Front III (
1977
)
Chadli Bendjedid
شاذلي بن جديد

(1979–1992)

2
3 IV (
1982
)
3 Abdelhamid Brahimi
عبد الحميد براهيمي

(1936–2021)
Prime Minister

1 22 January 1984 5 November 1988 National Liberation Front
2
4 Kasdi Merbah
قاصدي مرباح

(1938–1993)
Head of Government

5 November 1988 9 September 1989 National Liberation Front V (
1987
)
5 Mouloud Hamrouche
مولود حمروش

(born 1943)
Head of Government

1 9 September 1989 5 June 1991 National Liberation Front
2
6 Sid Ahmed Ghozali
سيد أحمد غزالي

(born 1937)
Head of Government

1 5 June 1991 8 July 1992 National Liberation Front
2
3
National Consultative Council (1992) Mohamed Boudiaf
محمد بوضياف

(1992)

7 Belaid Abdessalam
بلعيد عبد السلام

(1928–2020)
Head of Government

8 July 1992 21 August 1993 National Liberation Front Ali Kafi
علي حسين كافي

(1992–1994)

8 Redha Malek
رضا مالك

(1931–2017)
Head of Government

21 August 1993 11 April 1994 Independent
9 Mokdad Sifi
مقداد سيفي

(born 1940)
Head of Government

1 11 April 1994 31 December 1995 National Liberation Front National Transitional Council (1994) Liamine Zéroual
اليمين زروال

(1994–1999)

2
10 Ahmed Ouyahia
أحمد أويحيى

(born 1952)
Head of Government

1 31 December 1995 15 December 1998 Independent
2
National Rally for Democracy
VI (
1997
)
11 Smail Hamdani
اسماعيل حمداني

(1930–2017)
Head of Government

15 December 1998 23 December 1999 National Liberation Front
12 Ahmed Benbitour
أحمد بن بيتور

(born 1946)
Head of Government

23 December 1999 27 August 2000 Independent Abdelaziz Bouteflika
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة

(1999–2019)

13 Ali Benflis
على بن فليس

(born 1944)
Head of Government

1 27 August 2000 13 August 2004 National Liberation Front
2
3 VII (
2002
)
(10) Ahmed Ouyahia
أحمد أويحيى

(born 1952)
Head of Government

3 13 August 2004 24 May 2006
National Rally for Democracy
4
5
14 Abdelaziz Belkhadem
عبد العزيز بلخادم

(born 1945)
Head of Government

1 24 May 2006 23 June 2008 National Liberation Front VIII (
2007
)
2
(10) Ahmed Ouyahia
أحمد أويحيى

(born 1952)
Prime Minister

6 23 June 2008 3 September 2012
National Rally for Democracy
7
8
9
15 Abdelmalek Sellal
عبد المالك سلال

(born 1948)
Prime Minister

1 3 September 2012 13 March 2014 National Liberation Front IX (
2012
)
2
Youcef Yousfi
يوسف اليوسفي

(born 1941)
Acting Prime Minister

13 March 2014 29 April 2014
National Rally for Democracy
(15) Abdelmalek Sellal
عبد المالك سلال

(born 1948)
Prime Minister

3 29 April 2014 25 May 2017 National Liberation Front
4
16 Abdelmadjid Tebboune
عبد المجيد تبون

(born 1945)
Prime Minister

25 May 2017 15 August 2017 National Liberation Front X (
2017
)
(10) Ahmed Ouyahia
أحمد أويحيى

(born 1952)
Prime Minister

10 16 August 2017 12 March 2019
National Rally for Democracy
17 Noureddine Bedoui
نور الدين بدوي

(born 1959)
Prime Minister

12 March 2019 2 April 2019 Independent
2 April 2019 19 December 2019 Abdelkader Bensalah
عبد القـادر بن صالح

(2019)

Sabri Boukadoum
صبري بوقادوم

(born 1958)
Acting Prime Minister

19 December 2019 28 December 2019 Independent Abdelmadjid Tebboune
عبد المجيد تبون

(since 2019)

18 Abdelaziz Djerad
عبد العزيز جراد‎

(born 1954)
Prime Minister

1 28 December 2019 30 June 2021 National Liberation Front
2
3
19 Aymen Benabderrahmane
أيمن بن عبد الرحمان‎

(born 1966)
Prime Minister

30 June 2021 11 November 2023 Independent XI (
2021
)
20 Nadir Larbaoui
نذير العرباوي‎

(born 1949)
Prime Minister

11 November 2023 Incumbent Independent

Timeline

Nadir LarbaouiAymen BenabderrahmaneAbdelaziz DjeradSabri BoukadoumNoureddine BedouiAbdelmadjid TebbouneYoucef YousfiAbdelmalek SellalAbdelaziz BelkhademAli BenflisAhmed BenbitourSmail HamdaniAhmed OuyahiaMokdad SifiRedha MalekBelaid AbdessalamSid Ahmed GhozaliMouloud HamroucheKasdi MerbahAbdelhamid BrahimiMohamed Ben Ahmed AbdelghaniAhmed Ben BellaBenyoucef BenkheddaFerhat Abbas

See also

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