Khalida Boufedeche is elected as Algeria’s first woman to serve as parliamentary speaker, according to reports from France 24 and Al-Monitor. The election takes place on Wednesday and she represents the Algerian capital, Algiers. Boufedeche is trained as an allergist and is affiliated with the ruling National Liberation Front (FLN), where she is listed as a member of the party’s central committee. Following her election, she becomes the fourth highest-ranking official in the country, as described by France 24. Al-Monitor also characterizes her as the first woman to lead Algeria’s parliament and as the highest-ranking woman to hold constitutional office in the country’s history. Both sources present the election as a historic milestone for female representation in Algeria’s constitutional leadership. The reporting does not cite any immediate policy changes tied to her new role.