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Abdelkader Bensalah, the former Acting Head of State before Tebboune, served as the caretaker president after former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned amid extensive protests against his rule in April 2019. Bensalah's interim presidency was part of a transitional period leading to the presidential elections held in December 2019, in which Abdelmadjid Tebboune emerged as the victor, succeeding Bensalah as the President of Algeria.