section_path: Africa/Algeria
section_name: Algeria
paragraph_text: Algeria
  
  The current president of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, presented himself as an independent candidate during the 2019 presidential election campaign. However, he remained a member of the central committee of the National Liberation Front (Algeria) of which he has been a member since the 1970s. Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui is also an independent.