Algeria By dwlehrhardt 1962 Independence 1963 Ben Bella president 1965 Coup Boumedienne 1967 First communal elections 1971 Oil and gas nationalised 1977 Elections National People's Assembly 1979 Chadli Bendjedid president 1989 New constitution 1990 Provincial and municipal elections 1991 Mohamed Boudiaf president Period: 1991 to 2004 Civil war 1992 Ali Kafi president 1994 Liamine Zeroual president 1999 Abdelaziz Bouteflika elected president 2008 Constitutional amendment 2011 Arab Spring 2014 Bouteflika elected for 4th term 2016 DRS abolished 2019 Protests against 5th term 2020 New constitution 2020 Abdelmadjid Tebboune elected president
