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Algeria: Heads of State: 1962-2024

Raʾīs al-Hayʾah al-Tanfīdhiyah al-Muʾaqqatah al-Jazāʾirīyah (رئيس الهيئة التنفيذية المؤقتة الجزائرية) = Président de l'Exécutif Provisoire Algérien | President of the Algerian Provisional Executive
7 Apr 1962 - 3 Jul 1962 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Fāris (عبدالرحمن فارس)
Raʾīs al-Hayʾha al-Tanfīdhiyah al-Muʾaqqatah al-Dawlah al-Jazāʾirīyah (رئيس الهيئة التنفيذية المؤقتة الدولة الجزائرية) = Président de l'Exécutif Provisoire de l'État Algérien | President of the Provisional Executive of the Algerian State
3 Jul 1962 - 25 Sep 1962 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Fāris (عبدالرحمن فارس) ‎ 
Raʾīs al-Majlis al-Waṭanī al-Taʾsīsī (رئيس المجلس الوطني التأسيسي) = Président de l'Assemblée Nationale Constituante | President of the Constituent National Assembly
25 Sep 1962 - 27 Sep 1962 Faraḥāt ʿAbbās (فرحات عباس)
Raʾīs al-Ḥukūmah (رئيس الحكومة) = Chef du Gouvernement | President of the Government
27 Sep 1962 - 17 Sep 1963 Muḥammad Aḥmad Bin Billah (محمد أحمد بن بلة) ‎
Raʾīs al-Jumhūrīyah (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic [1]
17 Sep 1963 - 19 Jun 1965 Muḥammad Aḥmad Bin Billah (محمد أحمد بن بلة) ‎ (x)
Raʾīs Majlis al-Thawrah (رئيس مجلس الثورة) | President of the Council of Revolution ‎[2]
19 Jun 1965 - 12 Dec 1976 Huwāri Bū Madyan (هواري بومدين) ‎[3]
Raʾīs al-Jumhūrīyah (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic [4]
12 Dec 1976 - 27 Dec 1978 Huwārī Bū Madyan (هواري بومدين) ‎ 
Raʾīs al-Dawlah (رئيس الدولة) | Head of State
27 Dec 1978 - 9 Feb 1979 Rābiḥ Bīṭāṭ (رابح بيطاط)
Raʾīs al-Jumhūrīyah (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic
9 Feb 1979 - 11 Jan 1992 al-Shādhilī Bin Jadīd (الشاذلي بن جديد) ‎[5]
11 Jan 1992 - 14 Jan 1992 office vacant [6]
al-Majlis al-Aʿlá lil-Dawlah (المجلس الأعلى للدولة) | Supreme Council of State
members:
14 Jan 1992 - 29 Jun 1992 Muḥammad Bū Ḍiyāf (محمد بوضياف)
14 Jan 1992 - 31 Jan 1994 Khālid Nizār (خالد نزّار)
14 Jan 1992 - 31 Jan 1994 ʿAlī Ḥusayn Kāfī (علي حسين كافي)
14 Jan 1992 - 31 Jan 1994 Muḥammad ʿAlī Hārūn (محمد علي هارون)
14 Jan 1992 - 31 Jan 1994 Tījānī Haddām (تجاني هدام)
2 Jul 1992 - 31 Jan 1994 Riḍā Mālik (رضا مالك)
president (Raʾīs al-Majlis al-Aʿla lil-Dawlah, رئيس المجلس الأعلى للدولة):
14 Jan 1992 - 29 Jun 1992 Muḥammad Bū Ḍiyāf (محمد بوضياف)
29 Jun 1992 - 2 Jul 1992 office vacant
2 Jul 1992 - 31 Jan 1994 ʿAlī Ḥusayn Kāfī (علي حسين كافي)
Raʾīs al-Dawlah (رئيس الدولة) | Head of State
31 Jan 1994 - 27 Nov 1995 al-Yamīn Zirwāl (اليمين زروال)
Raʾīs al-Jumhūrīyah (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic
27 Nov 1995 - 27 Apr 1999 al-Yamīn Zirwāl (اليمين زروال) ‎ 
27 Apr 1999 - 3 Apr 2019 ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Aḥmad Bū Taflīqah (عبد العزيز بوتفليقة)
3 Apr 2019 - 9 Apr 2019 office vacant [7]
Raʾīs al-Dawlah (رئيس الدولة) | Head of State
9 Apr 2019 - 19 Dec 2019 ʿAbd al-Qādir Bin Ṣāliḥ (عبد القادر بن صالح)
Raʾīs al-Jumhūrīyah (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic
19 Dec 2019 - ʿAbd al-Majīd Tabūn (عبد المجيد تبون)
  1. Although it was a Constitutional requirement to take an oath before entering the office (Art. 40 of the Constitution of 1963), Bin Billah began to exercise the functions of office immediately upon the proclamation of election results by electoral committee (17 Sep 1963) and was sworn in 20 Sep 1963.
  2. From 10 Jul 1965, the powers of the Council of Revolution were delegated to the government whose president (Huwārī Bū Madyan) promulgated legislative acts as Raʾīs al-Ḥukūmah, Raʾīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʾ (President of the Government, President of the Council of Ministers).
  3. Nom de guerre of Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Bū Kharūbah (محمد إبراهيم بو خروبة).
  4. Also continued in office as President of the Council of Revolution.
  5. al-Shādhilī is a nom de guerre.
  6. After the resignation of al-Shādhilī Bin Jadīd (submitted 11 Jan 1992), the Constitutional Council (al-Majlis al-Dustūrī, المجلس الدستوري) passed a declaration confirming the existence of conditions not covered in the Constitution and empowering the institutions mentioned in Art. 24, 75, 79, 129, 130 and 153 of the Constitution "to ensure the continuity of the state" (People's National Army, Head of Government, judiciary, and Constitutional Council).
  7. The vacancy in the office was confirmed by a decision of the Constitutional Council of 3 Apr 2019. In accordance with the Constitution, the functions of President of the Republic devolved on ʿAbd al-Qādir Bin Ṣāliḥ as President of the Council of Nation (Raʾīs al-Majlis al-Ummah, رئيس المجلس الأمة). However, the Council of Nation and People's Assembly chose to vote the acceptance of the report of the Constitutional Council at the joint session on 9 Apr 2019 and approved ʿAbd al-Qādir Bin Ṣāliḥ as provisional head of state.