Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Abdelmadjid Tebboune
عبد المجيد تبون
Prime Minister of Algeria
In office
25 May 2017 – 15 August 2017
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Preceded by Abdelmalek Sellal
Succeeded by Ahmed Ouyahia
Personal details
Born (1945-11-17) 17 November 1945
Mécheria, Algeria
Political party National Liberation Front

Abdelmadjid Tebboune (born 17 November 1945) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from May 2017 to August 2017. Previously he was Minister of Housing from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2012 to 2017.[1]

Early life and education

Tebboune was born on 17 November 1945 in Mécheria, Algeria. He graduated from the National School of Administration in 1965.[2]

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.[1]

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.[1] The new government headed by Tebboune was appointed on 25 May.[3]

Tebboune served as Prime Minister for less than three months. Bouteflika dismissed him and appointed Ahmed Ouyahia to succeed him on 15 August 2017;[4] Ouyahia took office the next day.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nadia Lamlili, "Algérie : qui est Abdelmadjid Tebboune, le nouveau Premier ministre d’Abdelaziz Bouteflika ?", Jeune Afrique, 25 May 2017 (in French).
  2. ↑ "من هو رئيس الحكومة الجزائرية عبد المجيد تبون؟" (in Arabic). Al Jazeera.
  3. ↑ "Algerian energy, finance ministers replaced in reshuffle - APS", Reuters, 25 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Lamine Chikhi, "Algeria recalls veteran crisis manager Ouyahia as Prime Minister", Reuters, 15 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Le Premier Ministre prend ses fonctions", Official website of the Prime Minister of Algeria, 16 August 2017 (in French).
Political offices
Preceded by
Abdelmalek Sellal		 Prime Minister of Algeria
2017		 Succeeded by
Ahmed Ouyahia
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