- Title: Algeria swears in new president
- Date: 19th December 2019
- Summary: ALGIERS, ALGERIA (DECEMBER 19, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** NATION PALACE CONFERENCE LOUNGE FORMER MINISTERS SEATED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CANDIDATES SEATED ARMY OFFICERS ENTERING AUDIENCE SEATED ARMY CHIEF AHMED GAED SALAH ARRIVING SALAH GREETING ARMY OFFICERS PRESIDENT ELECT ABDELMADJID TEBBOUNE AND FORMER STATE PRESIDENT ABDELKADER BENSALAH ARRIVING TO APPLAUSE TEBBOUNE AND BENSALAH SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TAYEB BELAIZ, SAYING: "The final results of republic president election of 12 December, 2019 which announced Mister Abdelmadjid Tebboune, A president of Popular Democratic Algerian Republic." TEBBOUNE SWEARING IN / BELAIZ SAYS THE FOLLOWING AND TEBBOUNE REPEATS (Arabic): "I swear to God Almighty, that I will respect the Islamic religion and defend the constitution, and watch over the continuity of the state." AUDIENCE APPLAUDING BENASALAH PUTTING A GOLD MEDAL ON TEBBOUNE'S NECK AND EMBRACING HIM
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- Keywords: algeria president swear in
- Location: ALGIERS, ALGERIA
- City: ALGIERS, ALGERIA
- Country: Algeria
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001BAN7EIV
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