Abdelmadjid Tebboune
| Abdelmadjid Tebboune عبد المجيد تبون |
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| Prime Minister of Algeria | |
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Assumed office 25 May 2017 |
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| President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| Preceded by | Abdelmalek Sellal |
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November 17, 1945 Mécheria, Naâma Province, Algeria |
| Political party | National Liberation Front |
| Religion | Islam |
Abdelmadjid Tebboune (born 17 November 1945) is an Algerian politician who is Prime Minister of Algeria since May 2017. Previously he was Minister of Housing from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2012 to 2017.
Tebboune was born on 17 November 1945 in Mécheria, Algeria. He graduated from the National School of Administration in 1965.
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. The new government headed by Tebboune was appointed on 25 May.
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