عين رئيس الجمهورية، عبد المجيد تبون، السبت، عبد العزيز جراد، وزيرا أول، وكلفه بتشكيل الحكومة، ليشرع بعدها مباشرة في مهامه بعد حفل تسليم المهام مع صبري بوقدوم الذي كان يشغل هذا المنصب بالنيابة بعد استقالة، نور الدين بدوي. 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وكان عبد العزيز جراد، قد أكد في تصريح للصحافة عقب استقباله من طرف السيد تبون، في وقت سابق من نهار اليوم، أن رئيس الجمهورية كلفه ب "تشكيل الحكومة"، معربا له عن "شكره الجزيل" على هذه الثقة. وأكد على ضرورة "العمل سويا مع كل كفاءات الوطن وإطارات البلاد والمواطنين والمواطنات، من أجل رفع التحديات الاقتصادية والاجتماعية والخروج من هذه المرحلة الصعبة" التي تعيشها البلاد. كما أعرب جراد، عن يقينه "أن ما يحتويه برنامج رئيس الجمهورية، يمكننا من العمل في إطار المصلحة الوطنية العليا".