Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

President of Algeria

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1937

Place of Birth: Oujda, Oriental, Morocco

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Abdelaziz Bouteflika (pronunciation ; Arabic: ??? ?????? ?????????, romanized: ?Abd al-?Aziz Butafliqa [?abd l?zi?z bu?tfli?qa]; born 2 March 1937) is an Algerian politician who served as President of Algeria from 1999 until 2019. As President, he presided over the end of the bloody Algerian Civil War in 2002 when he took over the project of Liamine Zéroual (Previous president), and he ended emergency rule in February 2011 amidst regional unrest.
Prior to becoming president, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1963 until 1979 and as President of the United Nations General Assembly for a 1-year term from 1974. Bouteflika resigned on 2 April 2019 after months of mass protests.
With nearly 20 years in power, he was the longest-serving head of state of Algeria.