The central committee of the National Liberation Front (FLN) on Tuesday 30 April elected Mohamed Djemai, a 50-year-old businessman, as secretary-general of Algeria’s ruling party, state television reported. Mohamed Djemai, who has been a member of parliament for seventeen years and vice-president of the National Assembly for nine years, is still a relatively new figure in Algerian politics compared to most of the FLN leaders, aged over 70 years. He will replace Mouad Bouchareb who resigned at the same time as Bouteflika. Djemai’s main role is to put the FLN party in order for the July 4 presidential election.