Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appointed Finance Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane as the new prime minister, post the resignation of Abdelaziz Djerad last week, the presidential press service said on Wednesday.

The nomination of Benabderrahmane has been the culmination of a series of talks between Tebboune and representatives and leaders of political parties and independent candidates who secured seats in lower house of Parliament after the ballots. The Constitutional Council announced that the National Liberation Front (FLN) grabbed 98 seats out of 407 seats at the lower house, and the independent list candidates collected 84 seats, while the Islamist oriented Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) collected 65 seats, followed by the former ruling party of the National Democratic Rally (RND) with 58 seats.

Benabderrahmane has been serving as Algeria's finance minister since June 2020. Before that, the 60-year-old was the head of the country's central bank. Djerad, who served as Algeria's prime minister since December 2019, resigned last Thursday.

On Wednesday, Tebboune, who had previously expressed dissatisfaction with Djerad and his cabinet, thanked him for leading the government “during difficult conditions”, particularly the coronavirus pandemic.

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