Prime Minister of Algeria

Prime Minister of Algeria رئيس حكومة الجزائر
Emblem of Algeria
Incumbent Abdelmalek Sellal since 29 April 2014
Appointer	Abdelaziz Bouteflika, as President of Algeria
Inaugural holder	Ahmed Ben Bella
Formation	27 September 1962

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The Prime Minister of Algeria is the head of government of Algeria.

He 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. The longest serving was Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, who served from 1979 to 1984.

Prime Ministers of Algeria, 1962–present

See also

• Politics of Algeria
• President of Algeria

Prime Ministers of Algeria (List)
Ben Bella vacant, 1963–79 Abdelghani Brahimi Merbah Hamrouche Ghozali Abdessalam Malek Sifi Ouyahia Hamdani Benbitour Benflis Ouyahia Belkhadem Ouyahia Sellal Yousfi (Acting) Sellal