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{{Short description|Head of state and chief executive of Algeria}}
{{see also|List of Presidents of Algeria}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = President
| body = the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
| native_name = {{native name|ar|رئيس الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية}}
| insignia = National Emblem of Algeria (bronze effect).svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Algeria]]
| flag = Flag of the President of Algeria.svg
| flagsize = 150px
| flagcaption = Flag of the President
| image = Abdelmadjid Tebboune (2023) (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| incumbent = [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]]
| acting = no
| incumbentsince = 19 December 2019
| residence = [[El Mouradia Palace]]
| seat = [[Algiers]], Algeria
| department = [[Government of Algeria]]
| nominator = 
| nominatorpost = 
| style = [[Mr. President (title)|Mr President]] (informal)<br />[[Excellency|His Excellency]] (diplomatic)
| status = {{ubl|[[Head of state]]|[[Commander-in-chief]]}}
| appointer = [[Elections in Algeria|Popular vote]]
| appointerpost = 
| termlength = Five years,
| termlength_qualified = renewable once
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Algeria]] (1963)
| inaugural = [[Ahmed Ben Bella]]
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1963|9|15}}
| last = 
| abolished = 
| succession = 
| deputy = [[List of presidents of the Council of the Nation (Algeria)|President of the Council of the Nation]]
| salary = {{currency|700000|DZD}} monthly<ref>{{cite news |title=Algeria: what are the real salaries of its leaders? |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/924882/politique/algerie-quel-est-le-vrai-salaire-des-dirigeants/ |access-date=28 March 2022 |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |date=10 April 2020 |language=fr |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328080226/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/924882/politique/algerie-quel-est-le-vrai-salaire-des-dirigeants/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website = [https://www.el-mouradia.dz/ Official Webpage]
| footnotes = {{Infobox Algerian names/embed
| littar_name         = رئيس الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية
| littar_romanization = Ra’īs al-Jumhūriyyah al-Jazā’iriyyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah ash-Sha‘biyyah
}}
}}
{{Politics of Algeria}}

The '''president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria''' ({{langx|ar| رئيس الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية|translit=Raʼīs al-Jumhūriyyah al-Jazāʼiriyyah al-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah al-Shaʻbiyyah}}; {{langx|fr|Président de la République algérienne démocratique et populaire}}<!--French is not an official language of Algeria, but is in practice widely used ([[:en:French language in Algeria]]). The website of the presidency formerly had a French version https://web.archive.org/web/20030629161309/http://www.el-mouradia.dz/francais/Sommaire.html-->) is the [[head of state]] and chief executive of [[Algeria]], as well as the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Algerian People's National Armed Forces]].

The current president is Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who succeeded [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] on [[2019 Algerian presidential election|19 December 2019]].

==History of the office==
{{see also|List of heads of state of Algeria}}
The Tripoli Program, which served as Algeria's constitution when it won its war for independence from [[France]] in 1962, established the president as the head of state with a prime minister assisting in the operation of government.  Internal political maneuvering resulted in a new constitution in 1963 that abolished the prime minister position and devolved all executive power upon the office of the president. For the first four decades of independence, the government was controlled as a one-party state by the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]]. The presidency was held by a succession of FLN members; [[Ahmed Ben Bella]], [[Houari Boumédienne]] and [[Chadli Bendjedid]].  The constitution written in 1976 maintained the executive power of the Presidency, but the modifications of 1979 stripped the head of government status from the office.

Towards the end of the 1980s, there was a liberalization of the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] regime. However, when the [[Islamic Salvation Front]] won parliamentary elections in 1991, the military forced Chadli Bendjedid to dissolve the parliament and resign on 11 January 1992.  The military declared a state of emergency and took over government of the country, establishing a five-member [[High Council of State (Algeria)|High Council of State]].  The council appointed a president, [[Muhammad Boudiaf]], to take office for a three-year term to facilitate a transfer back to normal elections for the office. However, Boudiaf was assassinated, and succeeded by [[Ali Kafi]]. Meanwhile, the country descended into a period of [[Algerian Civil War|civil war]], between the military government and Islamic guerrillas.  Kafi was replaced in 1994 by [[Liamine Zéroual]], who called the first of these elections in 1995, winning the full five-year term easily in disputed in election as the civil war was continuing. He called another early election in 1999, with the Islamic insurgency mostly suppressed. [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] won [[1999 Algerian presidential election|this election]] after all other candidates dropped out.  He [[2004 Algerian presidential election|won re-election]] on 8 April 2004, in elections that were also disputed, [[2009 Algerian presidential election|won again in 2009]], relatively unchallenged, and [[2014 Algerian presidential election|2014]]; he declared his candidacy for a 5th term in the election scheduled for 18 April 2019,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-algeria-election/algerians-to-elect-new-parliament-amid-apathy-presidents-absence-idUSKBN17X23A Algerians to elect new parliament amid apathy, president's absence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229174720/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-algeria-election/algerians-to-elect-new-parliament-amid-apathy-presidents-absence-idUSKBN17X23A |date=2018-12-29 }} Reuters, 1 May 2017</ref> but, on 2 April 2019, he resigned before his 4th term ended, due to pressure from the military after [[2019 Algerian protests|protests]].

As provided for under Article 102 of the [[Algerian Constitution]], [[Abdelkader Bensalah]], President of the [[Council of the Nation]], became acting president of the country upon the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika on 2 April 2019.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |publisher=France 24 |title=Algeria's next in line: Bouteflika loyalist Abdelkader Bensalah |date=April 2, 2019 |access-date=April 2, 2019 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121011626/https://www.france24.com/en/20190402-algeria-profile-bouteflika-loyalist-abdelkader-bensalah |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=TASS2019-04-03a/>  His term could last for a maximum of 90 days, until [[2019 Algerian presidential election|elections]], in which he could not participate, were held.<ref name=TASS2019-04-03a>{{cite web|title=Algerian Constitutional Council declares presidency vacant|url=http://tass.com/world/1051951|date=3 April 2019|access-date=4 April 2019|publisher=[[TASS]]|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404104851/http://tass.com/world/1051951|url-status=live}}</ref>

The current president is [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]], who won the [[2019 Algerian presidential election]] on 12 December and assumed the office on 19 December 2019.

==Term limits==
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the [[Constitution of Algeria]]. The term limit was reinstated in 2016.<ref name="termlimits">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies |access-date=2023-05-06 |archive-date=2023-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506143804/https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

==Latest election==
{{main|2024 Algerian presidential election}}

{{Election results
|cand1=[[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]]|party1=Independent|votes1=7976291|color1={{Party color|National Liberation Front (Algeria)}}
|cand2={{ill|Abdelaali Hassani Cherif|fr|Abdelaali Hassani Cherif|ar|عبد العالي حساني شريف}}|party2=[[Movement of Society for Peace]]|votes2=904642
|cand3={{ill|Youcef Aouchiche|fr|Youcef Aouchiche|ar|يوسف أوشيش}}|party3=[[Socialist Forces Front]]|votes3=580495
|invalid=1764637
|electorate=24351551
|source=[https://www.aps.dz/algerie/176075-la-cour-constitutionnelle-proclame-m-abdelmadjid-tebboune-president-de-la-republique Algeria Press Service]
}}

==See also==
* [[Politics of Algeria]]
* [[List of heads of state of Algeria]]
* [[Prime Minister of Algeria]]
* [[Vice President of Algeria]]
* [[Air transports of heads of state and government#Algeria|Air transports of heads of state and government]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.elmouradia.dz/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721094623/http://www.elmouradia.dz/ |date=2009-07-21 }}

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