Mustapha bouteflika biography
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (pronunciationⓘ; Arabic: عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa[ʕabdelʕaziːzbuːtefliːqa]; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh president of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019.
Before his stint as an Algerian politician, Bouteflika served during the Algerian War as a member of the National Liberation Front. After Algeria gained its independence from France, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1963 until 1979. He served as President of the United Nations General Assembly during the 1974–1975 session. In 1983 he was convicted of stealing millions of dinars from Algerian embassies during his diplomatic career.
In 1999, Bouteflika was elected president of Algeria in a landslide victory. He would win re-elections in 2004, 2009, and 2014. As President, he presided over the end
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Algerians react to death of former President Bouteflika
Algerians react to the death of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country.
The former strongman had left office in April 2019 under pressure from the military, following weeks of demonstrations over his bid to run for a fifth begrepp in office.
After quitting, he had stayed out of the public eye at a residence in western Algiers.
Bouteflika became president of Algeria in 1999 as the former French colony emerged from a decade of civil war that killed nearly 200,000 people.
Dubbed “Boutef” by Algerians, he initially won respect for helping foster peace, notably with an amnesty law that prompted thousands of Islamist fighters to hand in their weapons.
Bouteflika went on to be elected for three more consecutive five-year terms, most recently in 2014.
Journalist Farid Alilat, who has written a
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Mustapha Filali
Tunisian politician (1921–2019)
Mustapha Filali | |
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Mustapha Filali, 2011 | |
| Born | 5 July 1921 Nasrallah, French Tunisia |
| Died | 20 January 2019(2019-01-20) (aged 97) |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Occupation | Politician |
Mustapha Filali (Arabic: مصطفى الفيلالي 5 July 1921 – 20 January 2019) was a Tunisian politician.[1] He was the first Tunisian Minister of Agriculture after their independence.[2]
Biography
[edit]Filali studied at Sadiki College and the Faculté des lettres de Paris, obtaining a graduate degree in Arabic literature. After his education, Filali served as a teacher of literature in primary and secondary schools in Tunisia. He was very active in the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), where he worked to improve the economy of Sfax.[3]
Due to the UGTT's support of Habib Bourguiba, Filali was appointed as minister of agriculture once Bourguiba gained power as independent Tunisia's first president in