this is some information about Algeria in the past
Algeria’s colonial past, starting with the French invasion in 1830, profoundly impacted the country’s history and its institutions, up to independence in 1962, through the years of single-party regime, and finally through the latest constitutional reforms and the election of the current
President.
This analysis pays proper attention to the roles played by Islam and by the so-called Arabisation (the expansion of Arabic language and culture). Since the 7Th century, IsIam has played an extremely important role in the Arab world, by guaranteeing the preservation of an Arab identity. For over 300 years, starting in the 16th century, Algeria was a province of the Ottoman
Empire, with Algiers as its capital.
Historical analyses – necessary in order to understand the framework within which an attempt is being made to introduce radical changes in the Algerian state and public administration –have shown that Algeria has long been characterized by the absence of a democratic state, and that the first attempt to create one met with considerable challenges. To this day, it has not yet been completed. The precarious state of the national economy, along with numerous internal difficulties, has not helped create a fertile environment for democratic reforms, which are still far from being
fully implemented.