Algeria's former President Bouteflika dies at 84

Record ID: 1637458

  • Title: Algeria's former President Bouteflika dies at 84
  • Date: 17th September 2021
  • Summary: ALGIERS, ALGERIA (APRIL 9, 2018) (REUTERS STILLS) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF BOUTEFLIKA SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF BOUTEFLIKA IN WHEELCHAIR
  • 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: LVA00HEV4IXXJ
  • 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.
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