President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returns to Algeria after two months of absence
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on December 13, 2019 in Algiers.
AP - Fateh Guidoum
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Hospitalized in Germany for having contracted Covid-19 on October 28, the Algerian president appeared on television Tuesday evening, December 29.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune's plane had landed in Algiers a few hours earlier.
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At the airport, President Tebboune was greeted by several senior Algerian officials, including Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad and the army chief of staff.
The Algerian head of state declared that it had been "
difficult for him to be far from his country
", in a sequence broadcast yesterday on the national television news at 8 p.m.
Apparently in better health than during his
last appearance on December 13
when he was emaciated and weakened, Abdelmadjid Tebboune has apparently gained weight and has suggested that he is almost cured.
In a short speech, he wished "
a happy new year to all Algerians
", "
much better than 2020
", he said.
Aged 75 and a heavy smoker, the Algerian president had to leave Aïn Naâdja military hospital in Algiers for a specialized establishment in Germany in October.
The treatment ended, he left the hospital at the end of November, but had extended his stay in Germany for a period of convalescence.
He was to return to the country before December 31 to sign the 2021 finance law adopted by Parliament but also to validate
the new Constitution voted in a referendum contested on November 1
.
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