Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa
Also known as Abd al-Aziz Bouteflika, Abdelaziz Bouteflika
President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika was the President of Algeria for two decades, from 1999 to 2019. His long presidency is significant in Algerian history as it spanned a critical period of the country's development following its civil conflict in the 1990s.
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Acting · Oujda, Protectorat français au Maroc
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Arabic: عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, in Berber: Ɛebdelɛaziz Butefliqa), born March 2, 1937 in Oujda (Morocco) and died September 17, 2021 in Zéralda (Algeria), is an Algerian statesman, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria from April 27, 1999 to April 2, 2019. He was engaged after the injunction to students to join the National Liberation Army (ALN) in Morocco…
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- Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) — Self2016
- Algeria's Bloody Years — Self (archive footage)2002
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika (pronunciation; Arabic: عَبد الْعَزِيْز بُوتَفْلِيْقَة, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa [ʕabd elʕaziːz buːtefliːqa]; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh president of Algeria from 1999 until his resignation in 2019, following mass protests.
Before his stint as an Algerian politician, Bouteflika served during the Algerian War as a member of the National Liberation Front. After Algeria gained its independence from France, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1963 until 1979. He served as President of the United Nations General Assembly during the 1974–1975 session. In 1983 he was convicted of stealing millions of dinars from Algerian embassies during his diplomatic career.