Ali Benflis

Ali Benflis (Arabic علي بن فليس, ʿ Alī b DMG filis, . Born September 8, 1944 in Batna ) is an Algerian politician and former Prime Minister of Algeria.

After studying law Benflis first opened a law office in his home town of Batna. In 1987 he founded with the Algerian League for Human Rights and was from 1988 to 1991 Minister of Justice on several occasions in various cabinets. In 1995 he rose to the Central Committee of the former single party FLN and in 2003 took over the post of Secretary General. In 1999, he campaigned in the presidential election campaign for Abdelaziz Bouteflika and was even appointed as his close confidant after the resignation of Ahmed Benbitours on 26 August 2000 on the new head of government. On April 8, 2004 Benflis finally kicked the incumbent Bouteflika in the presidential election, but suffered a crushing defeat and was behind Bouteflika ( 84.99 %) with only 6.42 % in second.

Ahmed Ben Bella | Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani | Abdelhamid Brahimi | Kasdi Merbah | Mouloud Hamrouche | Sid Ahmed Ghozali | Belaid Abdessalam | Redha Malek | Mokdad Sifi | Ahmed Ouyahia | Smail Hamdani | Benbitour Ahmed | Ali Benflis | Ahmed Ouyahia | Abdelaziz Belkhadem | Ahmed Ouyahia | Abdelmalek Sellal

  • Prime Minister (Algeria)
  • Minister (Algeria)
  • Minister of Justice
  • Person ( Batna, Algeria)
  • Algerian
  • Born in 1944
  • Man
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