1954 - Creation
of the FLN (National Liberation Front); the MTLD dissolves, superseded by the MNA. National liberation revolution begins.
1955 - Major
war escalation; huge increase in French army presence in Algeria.
1956 - Leftist
"peace coalition" wins French elections; "special powers"
voted by French National Assembly for major increase in repression; FLN Soummam
Congress, creation of CNRA; French hijack plane with FLN leaders; exchanges of
bombings in Algiers.
1957 - French
paratroopers launch repression in Algiers; murder of Abane Ramdane.
1958 - Algiers-originated
military coup ends French Fourth Republic, replaced by de Gaulle and fifth
Republic; creation of GPRA (Provisional Algerian Government) led by Ferhat
Abbas.
1959 - De
Gaulle announces principle of Algerian self-determination.
1960 - First
publicised peace talks; failure of new coup attempt in Algiers; Manifesto of
the 121 in France; UN recognition of Algerian right to independence.
1961 - Creation
of OAS; failed "generals coup" in Algiers.
1962 - Evian
peace accord; national independence; competition for power won with force by
Ben Bella-Boumediene coalition; flight of Europeans and emergence of biens
vacants, first wave of workers' self-management.
1963 - Government
expansion and "regularisation" of autogestion sector; FFS
created; Kabyle uprising.
1964 - First
FLN congress and adoption of "Algiers Charter".
1965 - Boumediene-led
coup deposes Ben Bella, new regime formed; new opposition group (ORP) quickly
repressed.
1968 - First
waves of industrial sector nationalisations.
1971 - Nationalisation
of petrochemicals sector, new major source of state revenue; agrarian reform
launched.
1976 - National
Charter (new constitution) proclaimed, calls for generalised use of Arabic
language.
1978 - Death
of Boumediene.
1979 -
Chadli becomes president.
1980 - "Berber
Spring" demonstrations and rebellion.
1981 - First
underground radical Islamist guerrilla group (the MIA).
1982 - Arabisation
of basic schooling and some university sectors completed.
1985 - Rapid
drop of world oil prices; creation of Algerian human rights league, LADDH;
Chadli embraces economic reforms : liberalisation/privatisation.
1987 - Beginning
of IMF-imposed economic restructuring.
1988 - Huge
riots and demonstrations in Algiers and massive repression "5th October".
1989 - New constitution creates multi-party system and freer
press; Islamist FIS launched.
1990 - Huge separate demonstrations by FIS and FFS
in Algiers; FIS sweeps municipal elections.
1991 - New
rapid drop in oil export prices; further IMF-and World Bank-imposed economic
restructuring; clashes between police and FIS forces; FIS decisively wins first round of National Assembly elections.
1992 - Military
coup prevents second election round, Chadli forced out, state of emergency
proclaimed; State High Committee formed, headed by Boudiaf; first major armed
clashes between Islamists and state forces, formation of
radical Islamist GIA; Boudiaf assassinated.
1993 - Escalation
of violent clashes; many assassinations of intellectuals, journalists, professionals.
1994 - Zeroual
appointed president; first FIS negotiations with regime and other political
parties; supposed-GIA attacks in France; restructuring of Algerian external debt
with strict IMF requirements.
1995 - Pact
of Rome Platform; Zeroual elected president.
1997 - FIS/AIS ceasefire.
1998 -
Zeroual retires.
1999 - Bouteflika
"elected" president; FIS/AIS accepts disarmament; Civil Concord
passed in referendum.
2000 - Amnesty
for thousands of AIS militants; GIA and GSPC continue guerrilla war.
2001 - Strife
in Kabylia, emergence of Arouch movement; huge march to Algiers.
2004 - Bouteflika
elected for a second term.
2005 - Charter
for Peace and National Reconciliation approved by referendum, allows further amnesties
and muzzles critiques.
2006 - GSPC allegedly becomes AQMI, local affiliate of AI-Qaida.
2007 - Trial
of Khalifa financial and business empire symbolises massive corruption of
regime.
2009 - Bouteflika
elected to third term.
2011 - New
wave of riots and demonstrations throughout Algeria;
continuous demands by political reformers for regime change.
2011 - Feb 3, Algeria's President Abdelaziz
Bouteflika said the state of emergency, in force for the past 19 years, will be
lifted in the very near future.
2012 - May 10, Algeria held parliamentary
elections. 44 political parties competed for 462 seats. The ruling party
dominated elections, taking nearly half of the seats in the 462 person
assembly, dramatically increasing its share. President Bouteflika's National Liberation Front
tightened its grip on power by securing 220 seats.
2014 - Apr 17, Algeria held presidential
elections. Preliminary results indicated that President Bouteflika with 15
years in power won a 4th term.
2017 - May 4, Algerians voted in parliamentary
elections. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's party and its coalition ally won a majority in parliamentary elections in a vote marred by low turnout.
2017 - May 24, Algerian President Abdelaziz
Bouteflika appointed Abdelmadjid Tebboune as prime minister, replacing
Abdelmalek Sellal in the wake of parliamentary elections. Tebboune (71) was the
housing minister of the outgoing government.
2017 - Aug 16, In Algeria Ahmed Ouyahia began
a fourth term as Prime Minister and held that position until March 12, 2019.
2019 - Feb 22, In Algeria several hundred
demonstrators rallied in Algiers in defiance of a ban on demonstrations, and in
other cities as well, against a bid by ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to
win a fifth term.
2019 - Apr 1, Algeria's Pres. Abdelaziz
Bouteflika said he will step down before his fourth term ends on April 28.
2019 - Apr 3, Algeria's Constitutional Council
said it had accepted Bouteflika's resignation and informed parliament that his
position was officially vacant. The speaker of the upper house of
parliament, Abdelkader Bensalah (77),
acts as interim leader for up to 90 days during which a presidential election
must be organised.
2019 Dec 28, Algeria's newly elected Pres.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune reached beyond the political class to name educator and
diplomat Abdelaziz Djerad as prime minister.
2020 Feb 26, Algeria reported its first
cases of the coronavirus.
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