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Abdelmadjid Tebboune (Template:Lang-ar; born 17 November 1945) is an Algerian politician currently serving as the President of Algeria since December 2019 after he was elected in the 2019 Algerian presidential election. He took over the power from former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and former Acting head of state Abdelkader Bensalah. In addition, he served as the Prime Minister of Algeria from May 2017 to August 2017 for 3 months. Previously he was Minister of Housing from 2001 to 2002 for a year and again from 2012 to 2017 for 5 years.

Early life and education

Tebboune was born on 17 November 1945 in Mécheria, Algeria. He graduated from the National School of Administration in 1965.

Political career

Tebboune was Minister-Delegate for Local Government from 1991 to 1992. Later, under President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, he served in the government as Minister of Communication and Culture from 1999 to 2000 and then as Minister-Delegate for Local Government from 2000 to 2001. He was Minister of Housing and Urban Planning from 2001 to 2002. Ten years later, in 2012, he returned to the post of Minister of Housing in the government of Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal.

Following the May 2017 parliamentary election, President Bouteflika appointed Tebboune to succeed Sellal as Prime Minister on 24 May 2017. The appointment of Tebboune was considered surprising by Algerian political elites, who had expected Sellal to be reappointed. The new government headed by Tebboune was appointed on 25 May.

Tebboune served as Prime Minister for less than three months. Bouteflika dismissed him and appointed Ahmed Ouyahia to succeed him on 15 August 2017; Ouyahia took office the next day.

On 12 December 2019, Tebboune was elected president following the 2019 Algerian presidential election, after taking 58% of the votes. He ran as Independent candidate.

See also

• Cabinet of Algeria

References

1. ^ Lamlili, Nadia (2017-05-25). "Premier ministre d'Abdelaziz Bouteflika ?" [Abdelaziz Bouteflika's Prime Minister?]. Jeune Afrique (in French). Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
2. "من هو رئيس الحكومة الجزائرية عبد المجيد تبون؟" (in Arabic). Al Jazeera.
3. "Algerian energy, finance ministers replaced in reshuffle - APS". Reuters. 24 May 2017.
4. Lamine Chikhi (15 August 2017). "Algeria recalls veteran crisis manager Ouyahia as Prime Minister". Reuters.
5. "Le Premier Ministre prend ses fonctions". Official website of the Prime Minister of Algeria (in French). 16 August 2017.
6. "Algeria election: Ex-PM to replace Bouteflika after boycotted poll". BBC. 13 December 2019.
7. "FLN et RND : La fin des «partis du pouvoir»". El Watan (in French). 15 Dec 2019. Retrieved 15 Dec 2019.

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