The World - News from Sept. 17, 1989
Algerian Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche, appointed a week ago to speed democratic reforms, replaced all but three ministers in forming a new Cabinet, the official news agency APS said. Former Finance Minister Sid Ahmed Ghezali was named foreign minister, replacing Boualem Bessaieh, the Algerian member of an Arab League committee that has been attempting to forge a peace plan to end Lebanon’s 14-year civil war. Meanwhile, in a step toward multi-party democracy, the government legalized an Islamic fundamentalist party, the Islamic Salvation Front, which political observers expect to become the second-largest party in the country after the ruling National Liberation Front.
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