July 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of Algeria, Abdelmayid Tebune, has appointed Brahim Yamel Kasali as the new Finance Minister, a position in which he replaces Abderramán Rauya, dismissed on June 14 after just four months in office and in the midst of a crisis with Spain.
“In line with the provisions of articles 91 and 104 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic, Abdelmayid Tebune, has signed a presidential decree appointing Brahim Yamel Kasali as Minister of Finance,” the Algerian Presidency said in a brief statement. posted on your website.
After Rauya’s dismissal, the Algerian president ordered Kasali, then secretary general of the Ministry of Finance, to “guarantee the interim” of the portfolio, without giving details about the reasons for the decision.
However, the dismissal of the former Algerian Minister of Finance took place a week after the suspension of the good neighborly treaty with Spain, in force since 2002, and the freezing of direct debits for foreign trade operations of products to and from this country. European country.
The decision was part of an increase in bilateral tensions between Spain and Algeria due to Madrid’s “unjustifiable” decision to change its policy towards Western Sahara to support Morocco’s plan for autonomy over this territory, pending decolonization.
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