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25 Dec 2023

MPs ask Algerian president to seek re-election

A section of Algerian MPs have asked President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to seek a second term in office.

Abdelmadjid Tebboune was first elected as Algeria's president in December 2019. / Photo: AA

Algerian parliament members urged President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to run for a second term on Monday, they said.

"If Allah gives me enough health," he told them, stopping short of a formal announcement about the presidential election due at the end of 2024.

Tebboune was elected in December 2019 for a five-year term and can run for a second and final term, according to the Algerian constitution.

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