Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been elected the new president of Algeria.

Tebboune (74) received 58.15% of the vote in this oil-rich North African country.

Tebboune served briefly as prime minister in 2017 under ex-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was ousted from power in April by a massive pro-democracy protest movement. Powerful army chief Gaid Salah is a much-criticized figure among members of the peaceful movement that began in February and has been called Algeria's Arab Spring.