Algeria · Government
Government and administration in Algeria
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Head of state — President of the Republic
- Directly elected for five years, renewable once.
- Executive — Head of Government or Prime Minister and cabinet
- The 2020 text ties the appointment to the parliamentary majority.
- Legislature — People's National Assembly and Council of the Nation
- The lower house is elected; a third of the upper house is presidentially appointed.
- Judiciary — High Council of the Judiciary
- Manages judicial careers and discipline.
How legislation is made
Bills come from the government or from at least twenty members of either chamber. They are examined in committee, passed by the People's National Assembly and then the Council of the Nation, with a joint commission resolving disagreement. Organic laws require an absolute majority in the lower house and a three-quarters majority in the upper, plus mandatory constitutional review. The President promulgates within thirty days and may seek a second reading requiring a two-thirds majority to overcome.
Enforcement institutions
- Public Prosecution
- Prosecutors-general at each judicial council direct criminal investigation.
- Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale and Gendarmerie Nationale
- Urban and rural policing.
- Court of Accounts
- Audits public expenditure and state enterprises.
- Bank of Algeria and COSOB
- Central bank and securities regulator.
Government bodies and regulators
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