title: 2013 in Algeria
text: # 2013 in Algeria
  
  Events from the year 2013 in Algeria:
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  * Prime Minister: Abdelmalek Sellal
  
  ## Events
  
  * 16–19 January – Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists take over 800 people hostage at the Tigantourine gas facility near "In Amenas" in the In Amenas hostage crisis.
  * 16–30 March – 2013 African U-20 Championship, the 19th African Youth Championship was held in Algeria, with Egypt winning, and going on to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
  * 5 December – High-level Al-Qaeda leader, Khalil Ould Addah, is killed by the Algerian Army. He had been coming from Mali to a meeting with other al-Qaeda leaders.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 5 November – Abdou Nef, 18, footballer (born 1995)
  * 5 December – Khalil Ould Addah, high-level Al-Qaeda leader
  