Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dismissed his prime minister on Saturday, replacing him with a seasoned diplomat, the presidency said. Tebboune named Nadir Larbaoui, currently serving as director of the presidential cabinet, to replace Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane. Before heading Tebboune’s cabinet, Larbaoui was a longstanding diplomat, having served as Algeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations and in multiple ambassador posts. Benabderrahmane served as prime minister since June 2021. But according to the Algerian news website Interlignes, “a change in the executive has been in the air for some time”.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 16, 2023 03:51 UTC