Abdelmajdid Tebboune was elected last month in a vote that the protest movement rejected, winning 58 per cent on a turnout officially registered as 40 per cent
A demonstrator's shadow is cast on a national flag during an anti-government rally in Algiers, Algeria, on Dec. 24, 2019.Algeria appointed a new government on Thursday, as the country faces its biggest political crisis in decades and a raft of economic problems caused by falling energy revenues.
Tebboune was elected last month in a vote that the protest movement rejected, winning 58 per cent on a turnout officially registered as 40 per cent. A state budget agreed by the interim government and parliament late last year included new laws aimed at increasing foreign investment but pledged 9 per cent cuts in public spending.
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