Algeria's Parliament on Tuesday named Abdelkader Bensaleh, head of the country's Council of the Nation (upper house of parliament), as an interim president, replacing Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned last week, Anadolu Agency reported.
This came in a joint session held by the lower and upper houses of parliament to activate Article 102 of the Algerian Constitution.
Who is Abdelkader Bensaleh?
He worked as a journalist at the state newspaper El Chaâb for three years.
He was appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a position he held until 1993.
As a member of the centrist Democratic National Rally (RND), he was President of the National Transitional Council from 1994 to 1997 and of the People's National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.
Since July 2002, he has served as President of the Council of the Nation, the upper house of parliament.