Africa & Middle East

Algeria

Political journey

Independent from France in 1962 after a brutal eight-year war, Algeria was run by the FLN as a one-party state until riots in 1988. A civil war in the 1990s between the army and Islamists killed some 200,000 people. Abdelaziz Bouteflika ruled from 1999 until mass protests removed him in 2019, and the army remains the dominant power behind President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Algeria today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Algeria today

Portrait of Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Abdelmadjid Tebboune

President of Algeria, 2019 to present

A former prime minister elected in 2019, after mass protests ended Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s rule, he stresses state-led development and Algeria’s energy exports and won a second term in 2024.

Abdelmadjid Tebboune sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Political views closest to Algeria’s leadership

CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…99%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…98%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…98%

Countries with similar leadership

Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

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Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.