Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika appointed new members of the government on Aug. 17:
The appointments were as follows:
-First Minister: Ahmed OUYAHIA
-Vice Minister of National Defense, Chief of Staff of the ANP, Ahmed GAIL SALAH
-Minister of Foreign Affairs: Abdelkader MESSAHEL
-Minister of the Interior and Local Government and Territorial Development: Nour-Eddine BEDOUI
-Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals: Tayeb LOUH
-Minister of Finance: Abderrahmane ROUIA
-Minister of the Energy: Mustapha GUITOUNI
-Minister of the Mujahideen: Tayeb ZITOUNI
-Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakfs: Mohamed AISSA
-Minister of National Education: Nouria BENGHABRIT
-Minister Higher Education and Scientific Research: Tahar HADJAR
-Minister of Vocational Education and Training: Mohamed MEBARKI
-Minister of Culture: Azzedine MIHOUBI
-Minister of the Post, Telecommunications, Technology and Digital: Houda Imane FERAOUN
-Minister of Youth and Sports: El Hadi OULD ALI
-Minister of National Solidarity, Family and the Status of Women: Ghania EDDALIA
-Minister of Industry and Mines: Youcef YOUSFI
– Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries: Abdelkader BOUAZGUI
– Minister of Housing, Urban Planning and Town: Abdelwahid TEMMAR
-Minister of Commerce: Mohamed BENMERADI
-Minister of Communication: Djamel KAOUANE
-Minister of Public Works and Transport: Abdelghani ZAALANE
-Minister of Water Resources: Hocine NECIB
-Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts: Hacène MERMOURI
-Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform: Professor Mokhtar HASBELLAOUI
-Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security: Mourad ZEMALI
-Minister of Relations with Parliament: Tahar KHAOUA
-Minister of Environment and Renewable Energies, Fatma Zohra ZEROUATI
