{"id":30458,"date":"2021-09-18T03:51:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T03:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=30458"},"modified":"2021-09-18T03:58:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T03:58:45","slug":"abdelaziz-bouteflika-algerias-longest-serving-president-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/abdelaziz-bouteflika-algerias-longest-serving-president-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria&#8217;s longest-serving president dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30459 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/117822876_bouteflikainalgeria1999getty-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/117822876_bouteflikainalgeria1999getty-1.jpg 976w, https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/117822876_bouteflikainalgeria1999getty-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/117822876_bouteflikainalgeria1999getty-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Abdelaziz Bouteflika was a dominant figure in Algerian politics for more than six decades.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Most notably, he served as Algeria&#8217;s longest-serving president from 1999 to 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Born to Algerian parents in Oujda, Morocco on 2 March 1937, Bouteflika became known for his intelligence from a very young age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In his first year of high school, the Moroccan royal palace even called his parents to congratulate the family on Bouteflika&#8217;s outstanding academic performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">When he was 19, Bouteflika joined the National Liberation Army (ALN) &#8211; the armed wing of the National Liberation Front (FLN), a nationalist movement fighting for Algerian independence from France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A witty and sharp-tongued aide, Bouteflika so impressed the chief of staff of Algeria&#8217;s border army, Houari Boumediene, that he was named chief secretary until Algerian independence in 1962. Boumediene later became Algeria&#8217;s second President, after\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-17683449\">Ahmed Ben Bella<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">When Boumediene and Ben Bella grasped control of Algeria in the summer that year, Bouteflika was named minister of youth and sport &#8211; he was only 25 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A year later, in 1963, he became the world&#8217;s youngest minister of foreign affairs, a record that still stands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-15m9t32-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/BACE\/production\/_117822874_bouteflikain1963getty.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/BACE\/production\/_117822874_bouteflikain1963getty.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/BACE\/production\/_117822874_bouteflikain1963getty.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/BACE\/production\/_117822874_bouteflikain1963getty.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/BACE\/production\/_117822874_bouteflikain1963getty.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/BACE\/production\/_117822874_bouteflikain1963getty.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/BACE\/production\/_117822874_bouteflikain1963getty.jpg 976w\" alt=\"B&amp;W photo of Bouteflika in 1963\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">IMAGE SOURCE,<\/span>GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>Bouteflika (C), shown here in 1963, was a veteran of Algeria&#8217;s war for independence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">During his 16 years as the nation&#8217;s chief diplomat, Bouteflika embraced &#8220;third-worldism&#8221;, leading newly independent African nations towards non-alignment in the Cold War.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Boumediene and Bouteflika played pivotal roles in earning Algeria its nickname &#8220;the Mecca of revolutionaries&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Algeria housed and welcomed freedom fighters and separatists from around the world, including\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-41544497\">Che Guevara<\/a>. He is also credited with giving a young\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/world-africa-23726189\">Nelson Mandela<\/a>\u00a0his first military training.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Bouteflika was named president of the United Nations general assembly in 1974 and invited Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to address the governing body in an unprecedented and ground-breaking move.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-15m9t32-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/17F54\/production\/_117823189_bouteflikayasserarafatgetty20october2000.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/17F54\/production\/_117823189_bouteflikayasserarafatgetty20october2000.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/17F54\/production\/_117823189_bouteflikayasserarafatgetty20october2000.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/17F54\/production\/_117823189_bouteflikayasserarafatgetty20october2000.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/17F54\/production\/_117823189_bouteflikayasserarafatgetty20october2000.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/17F54\/production\/_117823189_bouteflikayasserarafatgetty20october2000.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/17F54\/production\/_117823189_bouteflikayasserarafatgetty20october2000.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Yasser Arafat and Abdelaziz Bouteflika\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">IMAGE SOURCE,<\/span>AFP<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Yasser Arafat in 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">However, when President Houari Boumediene fell sick with a rare form of cancer and died in 1978, Bouteflika lost his power base and found himself isolated in the Algerian political arena.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">He spent most of the next decade out of the spotlight, exiled in western Europe and the Arabian Gulf.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">During this time, Bouteflika was also condemned for embezzling funds from Algeria&#8217;s foreign affairs department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">By the late 1980s Algeria was in turmoil due to rampant youth unemployment and corruption blighting the country&#8217;s economy. Riots became commonplace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Algeria&#8217;s third leader,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-19859499\">President Chadli Bendjedid<\/a>, responded to the unrest by putting an end to single-party rule in Algeria. But when the Islamist party, Front Islamique du Salut (FIS), gathered momentum in legislative elections, the military leadership interrupted the democratic process, plunging the nation into a bloody civil war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-15m9t32-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/102AE\/production\/_117822266_algeriacivilwar1998getty.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/102AE\/production\/_117822266_algeriacivilwar1998getty.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/102AE\/production\/_117822266_algeriacivilwar1998getty.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/102AE\/production\/_117822266_algeriacivilwar1998getty.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/102AE\/production\/_117822266_algeriacivilwar1998getty.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/102AE\/production\/_117822266_algeriacivilwar1998getty.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/102AE\/production\/_117822266_algeriacivilwar1998getty.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Men holding guns, standing in a line\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">IMAGE SOURCE,<\/span>GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>Algerian villagers, seen here in 1998, were forced to take up arms to protect themselves during the civil war<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">After a decade of massacres, a panicked and desperate military elite insisted Bouteflika take the presidency, a post he believed he should have been offered after Boumediene&#8217;s passing in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Sensing the 1999 presidential elections were rigged, all other candidates withdrew from the race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Just five months after taking office, Bouteflika rammed through a referendum on national reconciliation, granting amnesty to thousands of Islamists and members of armed militias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">After winning a second term in 2004, he merged power within the military and intelligence services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In 2008 he initiated a change in Algeria&#8217;s constitution which removed the two-term limit for presidents, a move that was ratified by both houses of parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">When the\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/world-middle-east-16212447\">Arab Spring protests<\/a>\u00a0broke out across North Africa, Bouteflika swiftly increased public subsidies and ended Algeria&#8217;s long-standing state of emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The last two terms of Bouteflika&#8217;s reign were marked with health problems and corruption scandals linked to unscrupulous businessmen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In 2013 he suffered a stroke that severely debilitated his motor functions, and thereafter used a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-15m9t32-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/150CE\/production\/_117822268_bouteflikagettyalgericallocalelections2017.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/150CE\/production\/_117822268_bouteflikagettyalgericallocalelections2017.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/150CE\/production\/_117822268_bouteflikagettyalgericallocalelections2017.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/150CE\/production\/_117822268_bouteflikagettyalgericallocalelections2017.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/150CE\/production\/_117822268_bouteflikagettyalgericallocalelections2017.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/150CE\/production\/_117822268_bouteflikagettyalgericallocalelections2017.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/150CE\/production\/_117822268_bouteflikagettyalgericallocalelections2017.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Abdelaziz Bouteflika in a wheelchair\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">IMAGE SOURCE,<\/span>GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>After suffering a stroke in 2013, Bouteflika became reclusive and was rarely seen in public<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Bouteflika&#8217;s final public appearance was in 2017 when he inaugurated a metro station and the newly renovated Ketchaoua mosque in Algiers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Despite his physical handicaps, the Bouteflika campaign\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-47190300\">announced his intention to run for a fifth term<\/a>\u00a0in February 2019. He was 81 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The announcement sparked protests across the country which snowballed into full-blown nationwide weekly demonstrations, the likes of which Algeria had never seen before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The primary demand of the Hirak, as the movement would later be named, was Bouteflika abandoning his campaign to run for president again, and an overhaul of the political system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">After initially vowing to postpone elections and step down within a year,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-47795108\">Bouteflika was forced to resign<\/a>\u00a0on 2 April 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">State television ran images of the then 83-year-old statesman handing a resignation letter to the president of the senate and subsequent interim head of state, Abdelkader Bensalah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">That would be the last time most Algerians saw the man who held the presidency for 20 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-15m9t32-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/D88E\/production\/_106283455_boute.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/D88E\/production\/_106283455_boute.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/D88E\/production\/_106283455_boute.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/D88E\/production\/_106283455_boute.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/D88E\/production\/_106283455_boute.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/D88E\/production\/_106283455_boute.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/D88E\/production\/_106283455_boute.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Abdelaziz Bouteflika hands over power\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">IMAGE SOURCE,<\/span>AFP<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>State TV broadcast President Bouteflika handing in his resignation letter to the Constitutional Council&#8217;s President Tayeb Belaiz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Bouteflika spent the rest of his days in a medicalised residence in a suburb of Algiers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">He is likely to be laid to rest in the presidents&#8217; lot of Algiers&#8217; distinguished El Alia cemetery alongside other former Algerian leaders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Those who will remember him fondly will recall Bouteflika&#8217;s revolutionary past in the Algerian war for independence and his time as an outrageously skilled diplomat in a newly independent country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">However, many will also point out that he overstayed his time as president and facilitated corruption by surrounding himself with power-hungry oligarchs.<\/p>\n<p>www.bbc <strong>By Maher Mezahi 17\/09\/2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdelaziz Bouteflika was a dominant figure in Algerian politics for more than six decades. 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