Country · DZ
Algeria
الجزائر אלג'יריה6 parties on file · 2 currently in government
Timeline · 3 events
Region timeline →-
Tebboune re-elected with 84 percent vote
Abdelmadjid Tebboune was re-elected President of Algeria on 2024-09-07 with 84 percent of the vote.
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Algeria: Bouteflika resigns after Hirak protests
After six weeks of mass weekly protests rejecting his bid for a fifth term, Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned the presidency. The Hirak movement — broad, peaceful, leaderless — kept marching for two more years against the army-backed civilian succession, until COVID and renewed crackdowns dispersed it. The system Bouteflika led survived him; the Hirak's ceiling was the army.
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Algerian Hirak begins
Mass protests across Algeria began on 2019-02-22 against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term despite his 2013 stroke. The "Hirak" forced his resignation on 2019-04-02 but was subsequently suppressed by the military-backed establishment that survived him.
Marquee bills
All bills →Compass · Algeria
Country mean — Economic -3.8, Social -2.6
Ringed dots are parties currently in government. See the full regional compass · hand-coded estimates; methodology.
Current leadership
- Head of state
Abdelaziz Bouteflika عبد العزيز بوتفليقة
National Liberation Front
President of Algeria 1999-2019 (1937-2021). Ruled through the post-civil-war reconciliation period; forced to resign by the Hirak (popular movement) on 2019-04-02 when he sought a fifth term despite a 2013 stroke. Died in 2021.
- Head of state In gov
Abdelmadjid Tebboune عبد المجيد تبون
Independent
President of Algeria since December 2019; former Prime Minister. Came to power after the Hirak protests forced Bouteflika's resignation.
- Head of state
Houari Boumediene هواري بومدين
Independent
President of Algeria 1965-1978, post-FLN consolidator, leading voice of the Non-Aligned Movement and the New International Economic Order (NIEO).
- Head of government In gov
Nadir Larbaoui نذير العرباوي
National Liberation Front
Prime Minister of Algeria since November 2023; career diplomat and former Foreign Minister.
- Activist
Karim Tabbou كريم طابو
Independent
Algerian opposition activist and former FFS spokesperson; one of the most prominent voices of the 2019 Hirak protest movement. Repeatedly imprisoned by the post-Bouteflika regime on charges related to his public speeches.
Parties
- Democratic National Rally التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي
Led by · Tayeb Zitouni
Pro-government nationalist party formed as a vehicle for the Algerian regime in the late 1990s; routinely coalitioned with the FLN.
- Islamic Salvation Front الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ
Led by · Abbassi Madani (d. 2018) and Ali Belhadj
Algerian Islamist party that won the 1991 legislative election's first round before the military cancelled the second round and dissolved the party in March 1992 — the proximate trigger for the Algerian Civil War (1992–2002). Remains banned under Algerian law.
- Movement of Society for Peace حركة مجتمع السلم
Led by · Abderrazak Makri
Algerian Muslim Brotherhood–affiliated Islamist party; participates in elections and has been in past coalition governments.
- National Liberation Front جبهة التحرير الوطني
Led by · Abdelkrim Benmbarek
Algeria's historic post-independence ruling party. Combines Arab-nationalist legacy politics with continued alignment with the military-backed presidency.
- Socialist Forces Front جبهة القوى الاشتراكية
Led by · Youcef Aouchiche
Algeria's oldest opposition party. Social-democratic, with strong Kabyle (Berber) base and a long history of opposing the FLN/military establishment.
- Workers' Party حزب العمال
Led by · Louisa Hanoune
Trotskyist-influenced left party led by Louisa Hanoune; combines economic-redistribution focus with anti-imperialist framing.
Source documents · 9
All docs →- Algeria — Statement to the 79th UN General Assembly (24 Sep 2024, Tebboune doctrine, delivered by FM Attaf) 138 words
- Abdelmadjid Tebboune — main statements to Al Jazeera (APS state-agency summary), 8 June 2021 (English rendering of Arabic) 260 words
- البرنامج السياسي لحركة مجتمع السلم (المؤتمر السابع الاستثنائي، 2018) — MSP Political Programme 209 words
- التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي — المبادئ الأساسية (من القانون الأساسي) 172 words
- La Charte du Parti des Travailleurs (Algérie) — founding charter, 1990 359 words
- اللائحة السياسية للجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ لدى رئيس الجمهورية (أفريل 1990) 111 words
How to cite
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In-text: (Gara, 2026)
Per-record citation
APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Algeria [Country profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/DZ
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Algeria." Country profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/DZ.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-country-dz,
title = {{Algeria}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Country profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/DZ},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
} Dataset / working-paper citation
If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.
APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
title = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
type = {Preprint},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.