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 head of state and as President of Algeria.
| No.|Number | | {{small>(Birth–Death)
{{small|PositionPortrait | Elected | Term of office | Political Party |
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| — | Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس{{small|(1899–1985)}}
{{small|President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic}}
| – | 19 September 1958 | 27 August 1961 | National Liberation Front |
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| — | Benyoucef Benkhedda
بن يوسف بن خدة{{small|(1920–2003)}}
{{small|President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic}}
| – | 27 August 1961 | 22 July 1962 | National Liberation Front |
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| — | Abderrahmane Farès
عبدالرحمن فارس{{small|(1911–1991)}}
{{small|Chairman of the Provisional Executive}}
| | – | 3 July 1962 | 25 September 1962 | National Liberation Front |
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| — | Ferhat Abbas
فرحات عباس{{small|(1899–1985)}}
{{small|President of the National Constituent Assembly}}
| | – | 25 September 1962 | 15 September 1963 | National Liberation Front |
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| 1 | Ahmed Ben Bella
أحمد بن بلّة{{small|(1916–2012)}}
{{small|President of the Republic}}
| 1963 | 15 September 1963 | | {{small>(deposed.)}}National Liberation Front |
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|
| — | Revolutionary Council
{{small>Chairman: Colonel Houari Boumédiène}} | — | 19 June 1965 | 10 December 1976 | Military |
| 2 | Houari Boumédiène
هواري بومدين{{small|(1932–1978)}}
{{small|President of the Republic}}
| 1976 | 10 December 1976 | | {{small>(died in office.)}}National Liberation Front |
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| — | Rabah Bitat
رابح بيطاط{{small|(1925–2000)}}
{{small|Interim President of the Republic}}
| | – | 27 December 1978 | 9 February 1979 | National Liberation Front |
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| 3 | Chadli Bendjedid
شاذلي بن جديد{{small|(1929–2012)}}
{{small|President of the Republic}}
| 1979
1984
1988 | 9 February 1979 | | {{small>(resigned.)}}{{efn|Forced to resign by the military, at the beginning of the Algerian Civil War.}}National Liberation Front |
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| — | Abdelmalek Benhabyles
عبد المالك بن حبيلس{{small|(1921–2018)}}
{{small|Chairman of the Constitutional Council}}
| | – | 11 January 1992 | 14 January 1992 | National Liberation Front |
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| 4 | Mohamed Boudiaf
محمد بوضياف{{small|(1919–1992)}}
{{small|Chairman of the High Council of State}}
| – | 14 January 1992 | | {{small>(assassinated.)}}Party of the Socialist Revolution |
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| 5 | Ali Kafi
علي حسين كافي{{small|(1928–2013)}}
{{small|Chairman of the High Council of State}}
| – | 2 July 1992 | 31 January 1994 | National Liberation Front |
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| 6 | | اليمين زروال
{{small>(1941–)}}1995 | | {{small>State President}}
27 November 1995
{{small|President of the Republic}}27 April 1999 | Independent |
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| 7 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika
عبد العزيز بوتفليقة{{small|(1937–)}}
{{small|President of the Republic}}
| 1999
2004
2009
2014 | 27 April 1999 | Incumbent | National Liberation Front |
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