| Tenure | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
Gouvernement provisoire de la République algérienne (GPRA) |
| 28 March 1962 to 3 July 1962 | Abdur Rahman Farès, President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic | | |
| Algerian State (État algérien) |
| 3 July 1962 to 4 August 1962 | Abdur Rahman Farès, President of the Provisional Executive Council | | |
| September 20, 1962 to September 25, 1962 | Ferhat Abbas, President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
| FLN | |
The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجمهوريّةالجزائرية (Al-Jumhūriyya al-Jazā’iriyya ad-Dimuqratiyya ash-Sha’biyya) |
| September 25, 1962 to September 15, 1963 | Ferhat Abbas, President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic | FLN | |
| September 15, 1963 to June 19, 1965 | Ahmed Ben Bella, President
احمد بن بلة | FLN | (Muhammad Ahmad Bin Balla); deposed in a coup d'état |
| June 19, 1965 to December 10, 1976 | Colonel Houari Boumédiènne, President of the Revolutionary Council
هواري بومدين, اسمه الحقيقي محمد بوخروبة | Mil/FLN | (Originally Mohammed Brahim Boukarouba) |
| December 10, 1976 to December 27, 1978 | Colonel Houari Boumédiènne, President
هواري بومدين, اسمه الحقيقي محمد بوخروبة | Elected 10 Dec 1976; died in office |
| December 27, 1978 to February 9, 1979 | Rabah Bitat, interim President
رابح بيطاط | FLN | |
| February 9, 1979 to January 11, 1992 | Colonel Chadli Bendjedid, President
شاذلي بن جديد | FLN | Elected 7 Feb 1979; re-elected February 1984 |
| January 14, 1992 to June 29, 1992 | Mohamed Boudiaf, Chairman of the High Council of State
محمد بوضياف | PRs/ideologically close to the FLN (founding member) | Assassinated |
| June 29, 1992 to January 31, 1994 | Ali Kafi, Chairman of the High Council of State
علي كاف | PRS | |
| January 31, 1994 to April 27, 1999 | Liamine Zéroual, Head of State
اليمين زروال | n-p/RND | |
| April 27, 1999 to present | Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة | n-p | |
