On Saturday, Algerian President Abdel Majid Taboun appointed Dr. Abdelaziz Jarad as prime minister and assigned him to form the new government, according to a presidential statement broadcast on state television.

The statement said that Grad was "tasked with forming a new government" to succeed Sabri Bakhdoum, the foreign minister who was appointed acting prime minister after Nur al-Din Badawi's resignation on December 19, on the day Tebun assumed his responsibilities as head of the country.

Who is Abdulaziz Jarad?

  • He was born on February 12, 1954 in the province of Khenchela.
  • Married with four children.
  • He received his BA in Political Science 1976 then PhD in Political Science in 1981 from the University of Paris.
  • He worked as a university professor in several universities.
  • He was appointed director of the National School of Administration between 1987 and 1992.
  • Then a diplomatic advisor to the presidency in 1992.
  • Then Secretary-General of the Presidency between 1993 and 1995.
  • Jarad held the position of Director General of the Algerian Agency for International Cooperation between 1996 and 2000.
  • Then Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 2001 and 2003 and has several books on political science.

Locust comments
In the first statements to reporters after his appointment as prime minister and his mandate to form the new government, Jarad said, "The country faces economic and social challenges that must work together to confront and overcome them."

He added, "I was received today by the President of the Republic, Abdul Majeed Tabun, and he was entrusted with me to form a government, and I thank him very much for this confidence," expressing his confidence that what the President Tabun program contains can work within the framework of the supreme national interest.

Ben Fleis does not resign
In a separate context, Ali Bin Falis announced his resignation from the presidency of the Algerian Tala’a Liberties Party, days after his decision to withdraw from politics once and for all, after losing in the last presidential elections.

This came in a press conference held by former Prime Minister Ben Fleis, today, Saturday, at the headquarters of the Tala'i Al Hurriyat Party in Algiers.

In the same conference, Bin Fleis announced the appointment of Abdelkader Saadi, Acting Chairman of the party, and that he would take over his affairs until an extraordinary conference was held (no date has been set for him).