until the end of the Algerian War which resulted in Algeria gaining independence on 5 July 1962. The French conquest of Algeria began in 1830 with the invasion...

1962 in Algeria: Head of State: until 22 July: Benyoucef Benkhedda 22 July-25 September: Abderrahmane Farès starting 25 September: Ferhat Abbas Prime...

held in French Algeria on 1 July 1962. It followed French approval of the Évian Accords in an April referendum. Voters were asked whether Algeria should...

and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. An important decolonization...

of Algeria from 1962 to 1999 includes the period starting with preparations for independence and the aftermath of the independence war with France in the...

Since its independence from France in 1962, Algeria has pursued an activist foreign policy. In the 1960s and 1970s, Algeria was noted for its support of Third...

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by...

Oran massacre of 1962 (5–7 July 1962) was the mass killing of Pied-Noir and European expatriates living in Algeria. It took place in Oran beginning on...

The flag was adopted on 3 July 1962. A similar version was used by the Algerian government in exile from 1958 to 1962. The Western blazon is per pale...

participated in the Algerian War from 1954 to 1962. After the Évian Accords of 1962, the party purged internal dissent and ruled Algeria as a one-party...

Front of Algeria during the Algerian War. After Algeria won its independence from France in 1962, the ALN was converted into the regular Algerian People's...

Algerian War, through independence in 1962, to the present day. A total of five people have served as President of Algeria (not counting two Presidents of...

and other European descent who were born in Algeria during the period of French colonial rule from 1830 to 1962. Many of them departed for mainland France...

Afterwards Algeria would become a territory within the French colonial empire from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. (Dates in italics...

period (1830–1962), Algeria contained a large European population of 1.6 million who constituted 15.2% of the total population in 1962. Consisting primarily...

signed on 18 March 1962 in Évian-les-Bains, France, by France and the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, the government-in-exile of FLN (Front...

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954–1962 is a book by Alistair Horne and first published by Viking Press in 1977. The book covers the background, events...

powers and term length of the Constituent Assembly was held in Algeria on 20 September 1962, alongside elections to the Assembly. The referendum was initially...

Coat of arms of Algeria during the colonial period (1830–1962) Seal of the Emirate of Abdelkader (1832–1847) Coat of arms of French Algeria during Second...

National Holiday in Algeria commemorating colonial Algerian independence from France on 5 July 1962. The Algerian War of Independence began in November 1954...

Mediterranean coast. After a prolonged rule by France, Algeria obtained independence from France in 1962. The Algerian Civil War (1991-2002) had a negative influence...

Cigarette Lighter was a natural gas well fire at Gassi Touil in the Sahara Desert of Algeria. The fire was ignited on November 6, 1961, and burned until...

The First minister of Algeria is the head of government of Algeria. Nadir Larbaoui has been the prime minister since 11 November 2023. The prime minister...

The Algerian Football Federation (AFF); (Arabic: الاتحادية الجزائرية لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Algeria. Formed in 1962 and was...

established following Algerian independence in 1962 by Seghir Mostefai, expert for the "Exécutif provisoire" and member of the Algerian delegation at Evian...

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Algeria on 20 September 1962, the first parliamentary elections since independence in July. The elections were held alongside...

The economy of Algeria deals with Algeria's current and structural economic situation. Since independence in 1962, Algeria has launched major economic...

to emigration, mostly to France and Israel. Algeria's educational system has grown rapidly since 1962. In 2022, there were almost 11 million pupils and...

Americans of Algerian descent. After Algeria's war of independence, which ended in 1962, many Algerian students immigrated to the US to enroll in universities...

The 1962–63 Algerian Championnat National was the first season of the Algerian Championnat National. USM Alger won the first title after beating MC Alger...