He fought for independence from France and was ousted from power in 2019 amid protests for democracy,
Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died at the age of 84. The state television of Algeria announced this, citing a statement from the presidency of the Republic. Since his fall in April 2019 under pressure from the army and the road, Bouteflika had been holed up in solitude in his nursing home in Zeralda, west of Algiers.
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Bouteflika fought for independence from colonial control of France in the 1950s and 1960s, successfully negotiated with the terrorist Carlos the release of the hostages captured at Opec’s Viennese headquarters in 1975, helped reconcile Algerians after the civil war, until popular dissatisfaction and frustration that resulted in mass protests led to its downfall.
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His downfall became inevitable after weeks of massive demonstrations against his desire to run for a fifth five-year term, after 20 years in power, despite his illness. Bouteflika died at 10 pm in his place of residence, according to private channel El Hayet TV. Omnipresent in Algerian political life for decades, but almost invisible since he suffered a stroke in 2013, Bouteflika had given no signs of life since the movement. of popular protest Hirak and the army had forced him to resign. That day he had last appeared on television to announce that he was throwing in the towel. He was officially spoken of for the last time when his brother Nacer voted by proxy on his behalf for the presidential elections of 12 December 2019, which allowed the election of his successor, President Abdelamadjid Tebboune.
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September 18, 2021 (change September 18, 2021 | 02:23)
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