Others in the President's inner circle include Agriculture Minister Saïd Barkat who has worked with Foreign Affairs Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem to win back the FLN; Culture and Communications Minister Khalida Messaoudi Toumi once a torchbearer of liberal values now a target for her former friends as a fierce campaigner for the Boutef way; and former Transport Minister Abdelmalek Sellal who left government to run Boutef's campaign...
Another familiar face on French television the anti-Islamist feminist Khalida Toumi-Messaoudi became Communications and Culture Minister in place of Mohammed Abbou who could not cope with journalists' questions during the campaign...
