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Abdelaziz Bouteflika | |
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عبد العزيز بوتفليقة | |
.jpg) Bouteflika in 2012 | |
| 7th President of Algeria | |
| In office 27 April 1999 – 2 April 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | See list
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| Preceded by | Liamine Zéroual |
| Succeeded by | |
| 5th Chairperson of National Liberation Front | |
| In office 28 January 2005 – 17 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Chadli Bendjedid |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 17 June 2002 – 2 April 2019 | |
| Deputy | Ahmed Gaid Salah |
| Preceded by | Liamine Zéroual |
| Succeeded by | Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
| President of the United Nations General Assembly | |
| In office 17 September 1974 – 15 September 1975[1] | |
| Preceded by | Leopoldo Benites |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Thorn |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 4 September 1963 – 8 March 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Khemisti |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Seddik Benyahia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1937 Oujda, French Morocco |
| Died | 17 September 2021 (aged 84) Zéralda, Algeria |
| Resting place | El Alia Cemetery, Algiers |
| Nationality | Algerian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Amal Triki
(m. 1990, divorced) |
| Relatives | Saïd Bouteflika (brother) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic |
| Branch/service | National Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1956–1962 |
| Battles/wars | Algerian War |
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; Arabic: عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, 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 to his resignation in 2019.
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.
In 1999, Bouteflika was elected president of Algeria in a landslide victory. He would win re-elections in 2004, 2009, and 2014. As President, he presided over the end of the Algerian Civil War in 2002 when he took over the project of his immediate predecessor President Liamine Zéroual, and he ended emergency rule in February 2011 amidst regional unrest. Following a stroke in 2013, Bouteflika had made few public appearances throughout his fourth term, making his final appearance in 2017.[3]
Bouteflika resigned on 2 April 2019 amid months of mass protests opposing his candidacy for a fifth term. With nearly 20 years in power, he is the longest-serving head of state of Algeria to date.[4] Following his resignation, Bouteflika became a recluse and died at the age of 84 in 2021, over two years after his resignation.[3]
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