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Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa
Abdelaziz Bouteflika was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh president of Algeria from 1999 until his resignation in 2019, following mass protests.
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politics · President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019 · politician · diplomat · revolutionary · also Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Abd al-Aziz Bouteflika, Boutafliqa
Born 2 March 1937 · Died 17 September 2021 · Q57308
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2026· 2 entries
Egypt Independent: abdelaziz bouteflika and brother said bouteflika
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2021· 1 entry
Died 2021-09-17.
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Star of Palestine (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Bouteflika had made few public appearances throughout his fourth term, making his final appearance in 2017
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2010· 1 entry
Journalists gathered to demonstrate for press freedom and against Bouteflika's self-appointed role as editor-in-chief of Algeria's state television station
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2008· 1 entry
Belkhadem was shifted out of the premiership and his predecessor Ahmed Ouyahia brought in, having also come out in favor of the constitutional amendment
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2006· 2 entries
Which propose watering down some of the clauses of the 2005 legislation relating to the role of Sonatrach, the state owned oil & gas company, in new developments
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Bouteflika appointed a new Prime Minister, Abdelaziz Belkhadem
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2004· 4 entries
Earned Gold Olympic Order (2004).
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Received Olympic Order presented by Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee
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Which represented a significant increase over the violence-ridden legislative elections of 2002
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Bouteflika organised the Arab League Summit and became President of the Arab League for one year; however his calls for reform of the League did not gain sufficient support to pass during the Algiers summit
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (2002).
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And welcomed president Jacques Chirac of France on a state visit to Algiers in 2003
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When he took over the project of his immediate predecessor President Liamine Zéroual, and he ended emergency rule in February 2011 amidst regional unrest
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2000· 1 entry
Secured the Algiers Peace Treaty between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and supported peace efforts in the African Great Lakes region
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1999· 5 entries
Bouteflika was elected president of Algeria in a landslide victory
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After Zéroual unexpectedly stepped down and announced early elections, Bouteflika successfully ran for president as an independent candidate, supported by the military
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Which was also the year of King Mohamed VI's accession to the throne in Morocco
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Career landmark: President of Algeria (1999–2019).
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Career landmark: chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity (1999–2000).
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1992· 1 entry
The reform process ended abruptly when the army took power and scrapped elections that were about to bring the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front to power
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1989· 1 entry
The army brought him back to the Central Committee of the FLN, after the country had entered a troubled period of unrest and disorganised attempts at reform, with power-struggles between Bendjedid and a group of army gen
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1983· 1 entry
Was convicted of stealing millions of dinars from Algerian embassies during his diplomatic career
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1981· 2 entries
Bouteflika went into exile in Switzerland fleeing corruption charges
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Was charged with having stolen Algerian embassies' money between 1965 and 1979
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1978· 1 entry
Bouteflika was seen as one of the two main candidates to succeed the powerful president
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1974· 2 entries
And of the seventh special session in 1975, becoming the youngest person to have done so
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Career landmark: President of the United Nations General Assembly (1974–1975).
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1963· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria (1963–1979).
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1962· 2 entries
At the arrival of independence, he aligned with Boumédienne and the border armies in support of Ahmed Ben Bella against the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
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Bouteflika became deputy for Tlemcen in the Constituent Assembly and Minister for Youth and Sport in the government led by Ahmed Ben Bella; the following year, he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs
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1960· 1 entry
Was assigned to leading the Malian Front in the Algerian south and became known for his nom de guerre of Abdelkader al-Mali, which has survived until today
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1956· 1 entry
Bouteflika went to the village of Ouled Amer near Tlemcen and subsequently joined—at the age of 19—the National Liberation Army, which was a military branch of the National Liberation Front
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-03-02.
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