Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
Republic of Algeria | |||||||||
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| 1958–1962 | |||||||||
| Anthem: "Kassaman" | |||||||||
| Capital | Algiers (de jure until 1962) | ||||||||
| Capital-in-exile | Cairo (1958–1960) Tunis (1960–1962) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic French | ||||||||
| Government | Government in exile | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1958–1961 | Ferhat Abbas | ||||||||
• 1961–1962 | Benyoucef Benkhedda | ||||||||
| Historical era | Decolonization of Africa | ||||||||
| 1 November 1954 | |||||||||
• GPRA proclaimed | 19 September 1958 | ||||||||
| 19 March 1962 | |||||||||
• GPRA seated in Algiers | 1 July 1962 | ||||||||
• Independence proclaimed | 5 July 1962 | ||||||||
• People's Democratic Republic of Algeria established | 25 September 1962 | ||||||||
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The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (Arabic: الحكومة المؤقتة للجمهورية الجزائرية, ح م ج ج; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République algérienne, GPRA) was the government-in-exile of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) during the latter part of the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962).