4 November 1848||Viala Charon, Governor-General of Algeria|||| |- valign=top |} French departments of Algeria (1848–1962) Shortly after the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I was overthrown in the Revolution of 1848, the new government of the Second Republic ended Algeria's status as a colony and declared it in the 1848 Constitution an integral part of France. Three civil departements — Alger, Oran, and Constantine — were organized under a civilian government. For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Algeria See also Ottoman Algeria List of Ottoman governors of Algiers French Algeria Pacification of Algeria Beylik of Tunis French protectorate of Tunisia List of French residents-general in Tunisia Kingdom of Tunisia French protectorate in Morocco List of French residents-general in Morocco Sources http://www.rulers.org/rula1.html#algeria African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition'', John V da Graca, MacMillan Press (2000) French Governors Governors French Governors