Prime Minister of Algeria

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Prime Minister of Algeria
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Incumbent
Ahmed Ouyahia

since 23 June 2008
Appointer Abdelaziz Bouteflika,
as President of Algeria
Inaugural holder Benyoucef Benkhedda
Formation 3 July 1962

The Prime Minister is the head of government of Algeria.

The President of Algeria chooses the Prime Minister. The People's National Assembly must okay the choice. There are no limits on a Prime Minister's term. The person who was Prime Minister the longest was Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani. He did the job from 1979 to 1984.