Through the history of Algeria, 18 foreign ministers have served under 15 heads of state since the start of the Algerian War in 1954.
Mohamed Lamine Debaghine (in exile) (1958 – 1960) (b. 1917 – d. 2003)
Krim Belkacem (in exile) (1960 – 1961) (b. 1922 – d. 1970)
Saad Dahlab (in exile) (1961 – 1962) (b. 1918 – d. 2000)
Mohamed Khemisti (1962 – 1963) (b. 1930 – d. 1963)
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1963 – 1979) (b. 1937)
Mohammed Seddik Benyahia (1979 – 1982) (b. 1932 – d. 1982)
Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi (1982 – 1988) (b. 1932)
Boualem Bessaïh (1988 – 1989) (b. 1930 – d. 2016)
Sid Ahmed Ghozali (1989 – 1991) (b. 1937)
Lakhdar Brahimi (1991 – 1993) (b. 1934)
Redha Malek (1993) (b. 1931)
Mohamed Salah Dembri (1993 – 1996) (b. 1938)
Ahmed Attaf (1996 – 1999) (b. 1953)
Youcef Yousfi (1999 – 2000) (b. 1941)
Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000 – 2005) (b. 1945)
Mohammed Bedjaoui (2005 – 2007) (b. 1929)
Mourad Medelci (2007 – 2013) (b. 1943)
Ramtane Lamamra (2013 – present) (b. 1952)
