Prime Minister of Algeria
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The Prime Minister is the head of government of Algeria.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Algeria, along with other ministers and members of the government that the new Prime Minister recommends. The People's National Assembly must approve the legislative program of the new government or the Assembly is dissolved and the Prime Minister must resign. There are no constitutional limits on a Prime Minister's term but the longest-serving was Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, who served from 1979 to 1984.
List of Prime Ministers of Algeria, 1962-present
| 1. | Ahmed Ben Bella | 1962 | 1963 | Front de Libération Nationale |
| *. | Position vacant | 1963 | 1979 | Not applicable |
| 2. | Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani | 1979 | 1984 | Front de Libération Nationale |
| 3. | Abdelhamid Brahimi | 1984 | 1988 | Front de Libération Nationale |
| 4. | Kasdi Merbah | 1988 | 1989 | Front de Libération Nationale |
| 5. | Mouloud Hamrouche | 1989 | 1991 | Front de Libération Nationale |
| 6. | Sid Ahmed Ghozali | 1991 | 1992 | Front de Libération Nationale |
| 7. | Belaid Abdessalam | 1992 | 1993 | Front de Libération Nationale |
| 8. | Redha Malek | 1993 | 1994 | No party |
| 9. | Mokdad Sifi | 1994 | 1995 | No party |
| 10. | Ahmed Ouyahia | 1995 | 1998 | National Rally for Democracy |
| 11. | Smail Hamdani | 1998 | 1999 | No party |
| 12. | Ahmed Benbitour | 1999 | 2000 | No party |
| 13. | Ali Benflis | 2000 | 2003 | Front de Libération Nationale |
| 14. | Ahmed Ouyahia | 2003 | Current | National Rally for Democracy |