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.
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.
| Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Ferhat Abbas فرحات عباس (1899–1985) | — | 19 September 1958 | 9 August 1961 | National Liberation Front | ||
| — | Benyoucef Benkhedda بن يوسف بن خدة (1920–2003) | — | 9 August 1961 | 27 September 1962 | National Liberation Front | ||
| — | Abderrahmane Farès عبدالرحمن فارس (1911–1991) | — | 13 April 1962 | 25 September 1962 | National Liberation Front | ||
| — | Ferhat Abbas فرحات عباس (1899–1985) | — | 25 September 1962 | 15 September 1963 | National Liberation Front | ||
| 1 | Ahmed Ben Bella أحمد بن بلّة (1916–2012) | 1963 | 15 September 1963 | 19 June 1965 | National Liberation Front | ||
| — | Revolutionary Council Chairman: Houari Boumédiène | — | 19 June 1965 | 10 December 1976 | Military | ||
| 2 | Houari Boumédiène هواري بومدين (1932–1978) | 1976 | 10 December 1976 | 27 December 1978 | National Liberation Front | ||
| — | Rabah Bitat رابح بيطاط (1925–2000) | — | 27 December 1978 | 9 February 1979 | National Liberation Front | ||
| 3 | Chadli Bendjedid شاذلي بن جديد (1929–2012) | 1979 1984 1988 | 9 February 1979 | 11 January 1992 | National Liberation Front | ||
| — | Abdelmalek Benhabyles عبد المالك بن حبيلس (1921–2018) | — | 11 January 1992 | 14 January 1992 | National Liberation Front | ||
| 4 | Mohamed Boudiaf محمد بوضياف (1919–1992) | — | 14 January 1992 | 29 June 1992 | Party of the Socialist Revolution | ||
| 5 | Ali Kafi علي حسين كافي (1928–2013) | — | 2 July 1992 | 31 January 1994 | National Liberation Front | ||
| 6 | Liamine Zéroual اليمين زروال (born 1941) | 1995 | 31 January 1994 | 27 April 1999 | Independent | ||
| 7 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika عبد العزيز بوتفليقة (1937–2021) | 1999 2004 2009 2014 | 27 April 1999 | 2 April 2019 | Independent | ||
| — | Abdelkader Bensalah عبد القـادر بن صالح (1941–2021) | — | 9 April 2019 | 19 December 2019 | Independent | ||
| 8 | Abdelmadjid Tebboune عبد المجيد تبون (born 1945) | 2019 | 19 December 2019 | Incumbent | Independent | ||
For details of the post of President of Algeria see: President of Algeria