In office 17 September 1974 – 15 September 1975[1]
Preceded by
Leopoldo Benites
Succeeded by
Gaston Thorn
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1963–1979
Preceded by
Mohamed Khemisti
Succeeded by
Mohammed Seddik Benyahia
Personal details
Born
(1937-03-02)2 March 1937 Oujda, French Morocco
Died
17 September 2021(2021-09-17) (aged 84) Zéralda, Algeria
Resting place
El Alia Cemetery, Algiers
Nationality
Algerian
Political party
Independent
Spouse
Amal Triki
(m. 1990, divorced)
[2]
Relatives
Saïd Bouteflika (brother)
Signature
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 (pronunciationⓘ; Arabic: عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa[ʕabdelʕaziːzbuːtefliːqa]; 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] After his death it became known in a Suisse secrets data leak, that he held a Credit Suisse account which overlapped with much of his presidency.
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