This is a list of heads of government of Algeria since the establishment 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.

A total of twenty-one individuals have served as head of government (excluding two Presidents of the GPRA and two Acting Prime Ministers). Among them, Ahmed Ouyahia is notable for having held the office on three non-consecutive occasions.

List of officeholders Political parties

Other factions

Portrait Name Term of office Political party Legislature Cabinet(s) Head(s) of state Took office Left office Time in office President of the Provisional Government — Ferhat Abbas 19 September 1958 9 August 1961 National Liberation Front None First government Ferhat Abbas Second government — Benyoucef Benkhedda 9 August 1961 27 September 1962 National Liberation Front Third government Benyoucef Benkhedda Abderrahmane Farès Head of Government 1 Ahmed Ben Bella 27 September 1962 15 September 1963 National Liberation Front I Ferhat Abbas President of the Republic — Ahmed Ben Bella 15 September 1963 19 June 1965 National Liberation Front II Himself Chairman of Revolutionary Council — Houari Boumédiène 19 June 1965 10 December 1976 National Liberation Front — Himself President of the Republic — Houari Boumédiène 10 December 1976 27 December 1978 National Liberation Front Himself Prime Minister 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani 8 March 1979 22 January 1984 National Liberation Front III Chadli Bendjedid IV 3 Abdelhamid Brahimi 22 January 1984 5 November 1988 National Liberation Front Head of Government 4 Kasdi Merbah 5 November 1988 9 September 1989 National Liberation Front V Chadli Bendjedid 5 Mouloud Hamrouche 9 September 1989 5 June 1991 National Liberation Front 6 Sid Ahmed Ghozali 5 June 1991 8 July 1992 National Liberation Front National Consultative Council Mohamed Boudiaf 7 Belaid Abdessalam 8 July 1992 21 August 1993 National Liberation Front Ali Kafi 8 Redha Malek 21 August 1993 11 April 1994 Independent 9 Mokdad Sifi 11 April 1994 31 December 1995 National Liberation Front National Transitional Council Liamine Zéroual 10 Ahmed Ouyahia 31 December 1995 15 December 1998 Independent National Rally for Democracy VI 11 Smail Hamdani 15 December 1998 23 December 1999 National Liberation Front 12 Ahmed Benbitour 23 December 1999 27 August 2000 Independent Abdelaziz Bouteflika 13 Ali Benflis 27 August 2000 13 August 2004 National Liberation Front VII Ahmed Ouyahia 13 August 2004 24 May 2006 National Rally for Democracy 14 Abdelaziz Belkhadem 24 May 2006 23 June 2008 National Liberation Front VIII Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia 23 June 2008 3 September 2012 National Rally for Democracy VIII Abdelaziz Bouteflika 15 Abdelmalek Sellal 3 September 2012 13 March 2014 National Liberation Front IX — Youcef Yousfi 13 March 2014 29 April 2014 National Rally for Democracy Abdelmalek Sellal 29 April 2014 25 May 2017 National Liberation Front 16 Abdelmadjid Tebboune 25 May 2017 15 August 2017 National Liberation Front X Ahmed Ouyahia 16 August 2017 12 March 2019 National Rally for Democracy 17 Noureddine Bedoui 12 March 2019 19 December 2019 Independent Abdelkader Bensalah — Sabri Boukadoum 19 December 2019 28 December 2019 Independent Abdelmadjid Tebboune 18 Abdelaziz Djerad 28 December 2019 30 June 2021 National Liberation Front Djerad I Djerad II Djerad III 19 Aymen Benabderrahmane 30 June 2021 11 November 2023 Independent XI 20 Nadir Larbaoui 11 November 2023 28 August 2025 Independent — Sifi Ghrieb 28 August 2025 14 September 2025 Independent 21 14 September 2025 Incumbent Ghrieb

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

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

The following chart shows heads of government by their age (living heads of government in green), with the years of their tenure in blue. Heads of government with an unknown birth or death date are excluded.

Notes

See also List of French governors of Algeria President of Algeria List of heads of state of Algeria Prime Minister of Algeria

External links World Statesmen - Algeria

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