- Title: Algeria's former President Bouteflika dies at 84
- Date: 17th September 2021
- Summary: ALGIERS, ALGERIA (FILE - FEBRUARY 2, 2004) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF BOUTEFLIKA ADDRESSING SUPPORTERS ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDATURE FOR APRIL 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SUPPORTERS CHEERING OFFICIAL HOLDING UP BOUTEFLIKA'S ARM AND SHOUTING LONG LIVE BOUTEFLIKA ALGIERS, ALGERIA (FILE - MARCH 22, 2005) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) BOUTEFLIKA WALKING WITH OFFICIALS AT OPENING OF ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AIMED AT RELAUNCHING A MIDDLE EAST PEACE INITIATIVE BOUTEFLIKA SHAKING HANDS WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS
- Embargoed: 2nd October 2021 00:11
- Keywords: Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria
- Location: UNITED NATIONS / ALGIERS, BOUMERDES AND UNIDENTIFIED LOCATIONS, ALGERIA / BAGHDAD, IRAQ / PARIS, FRANCE / PRESTWICK AND GLENEAGLES, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: UNITED NATIONS / ALGIERS, BOUMERDES AND UNIDENTIFIED LOCATIONS, ALGERIA / BAGHDAD, IRAQ / PARIS, FRANCE / PRESTWICK AND GLENEAGLES, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: Algeria
- Topics: Africa,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA009EV4IXXJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the presidency said on Friday, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army.
Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria's war for independence, had ruled the North African country for two decades before his resignation in April 2019 after street demonstrations rejecting his plan to seek a fifth term.
He had rarely been seen in public before his departure since a stroke in 2013. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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