Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abd al- Aziz Bouteflika (Arabic عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, DMG ʿ Abd al - ʿ Azeez Būtaflīqa; born March 2, 1937 in Oujda, Morocco) is an Algerian president since 1999.
Life
Bouteflika was born on March 2, 1937 in Oujda in Morocco, in 1956, the National Liberation Front ( FLN) joined and was able to make a career quickly by supporting Houari Boumedienne. From 1962 he worked as Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism and then from 1963 to 1979 as Secretary of State. His candidacy for the presidency after the death of Boumedienne failed because Bendjedid Chadli was supported by the military. 1974/75 Bouteflika was the president of the UN General Assembly. In 1981 he was expelled from the FLN and went into exile. In 1989 he returned to Algeria and again took over leadership positions in the FLN. He was elected president, succeeding Liamine Zeroual 1999. The then victory is still controversial, as a manipulation using the military is not excluded.
As part of Bouteflika's policy to achieve a reconciliation with the Islamists and to end the civil war, Islamists were soon pardoned who were not involved in any acts of violence. On 16 September 1999 the population of Algeria voted overwhelmingly for peace plan of President for reconciliation with the Islamist extremists. Although the amnesty has been used by many, lasted for the terrorist actions of the militant Islamists. So about 200 people were alone in the month of Ramadan of 2000 lost their lives.
Another amnesty in 2005 was successfully supported by Bouteflika.
Beginning of April 2009, Bouteflika was confirmed in the Algerian presidential election with 90.24 percent of the vote in office. For this third re-election a controversial constitutional amendment was required, which abolished the limitation of the re-election of the president to only one re-election.
In the parliamentary elections on 10 May 2012, which took place under the influence of the largely ended the Arab Spring, Bouteflika's party reached 220 with the most seats, but not won an absolute majority. However, together with the National Democratic Rally Party (RND ) it has a comfortable majority.
Bouteflika is considered to be seriously ill. In April 2013, he was sent to France for the purpose of medical treatment ( officially because of a " mini- stroke "); in July he returned. In April 2014, the next presidential election is to take place; Bouteflika has not yet settled his future successor or apparently (as of October 2013). Mid- September 2013 Bouteflika formed his cabinet to radically. He has held key positions such as the interior, the Department of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with stewards and remote internal adversaries. General Ahmad Salah GAID was installed as deputy defense minister in the military leadership. General Bachir Tartag was from the top of - removes internal intelligence DSI - responsible among other things for the fight against Al Qaeda. This is valid as a test of President roped to extend the control of the state apparatus. The state budget of Algeria has relatively high income from the export of gas, so that the social peace with government grants can be bought.