- Title: Algeria's former President Bouteflika dies at 84
- Date: 17th September 2021
- Summary: ALGIERS, ALGERIA (FILE - APRIL 17, 2014) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR POLLING STATION INTERIOR POLLING STATION, MAN POSTING VOTE INTO BALLOT BOX BOUTEFLIKA IN WHEELCHAIR ENTERING POLLING STATION, SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIALS OFFICIAL CHECKING VOTING REGISTER BOUTEFLIKA POSTING VOTE INTO BALLOT BOX BOUTEFLIKA WAVING AS HE LEAVES POLLING STATION ALGIERS, ALGERIA (RECENT - APRIL 28, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BOUTEFLIKA BEING SWORN IN FOR FOURTH TERM BY PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT SLIMANE BOUDI GUESTS AT CEREMONY STANDING AND APPLAUDING BOUTEFLIKA SEATED IN WHEELCHAIR BEING PUSHED TO FRONT OF STAGE AS AUDIENCE APPLAUDS ALGIERS, ALGERIA (MAY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) BOUTEFLIKA LEAVING VOTING BOOTH, BEING WHEELED TO BALLOT BOX AND POSING WITH VOTING ENVELOPE, BOUTEFLIKA'S NEPHEW CASTING A VOTE FOR HIM BOUTEFLIKA SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR 60 BOUTEFLIKA LEAVING POLLING STATION WITH HIS BROTHERS AND NEPHEWS
- 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: LVA00GEV4IXXJ
- 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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