TUNIS (Reuters) -Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appointed Sifi Ghrieb as the country’s new Prime Minister on Sunday and formally asked him to form a new government, a presidential statement said.
Ghrieb, who was the industry minister, had been serving as acting Prime Minister since Tebboune ended the tenure of Nadir Larbaoui last month.
The gas-producing North African country is an energy supplier for several European countries but has been seeking to diversify its economy as it contends with various social and economic challenges.
(Reporting by Tarek Amara in TunisEditing by David Goodman)
