Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has dismissed Aziz Fayed, Minister of Finance, and Fouad Haji, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Industry, in charge of pharmaceutical production.

The Algerian Presidency said in a statement that the President of the Republic had appointed Abdelkrim Bou Zerd as Minister of Finance and Wassim Koueidri as Minister of Pharmaceutical Industry.

President Tebboune reshuffled his cabinet on 18 November following his election for a second term.