Algeria’s government has carried out a major reshuffle less than three months after the most recent round of cabinet changes. In a shock move undertaken in the name of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Prime Minister Abdelmajid Tebboune has been dismissed along with three of his ministers. He is replaced by Ahmed Ouyahia, a career diplomat who has been prime minister three times before.
The others to lose their jobs are: Mahdjoub Bedda, displaced at the ministry of industry and mines by Youcef Yousfi; Ahmed Saci, who loses his minister of trade portfolio to Mohammed Benmeradi; and Youcef Chorfa, replaced as minister of housing by Abdelwahid Temmar. (CONTINUED - 1085 WORDS)
