Editing Abdelaziz Bouteflika (section)

=== Third term as President, 2009–2014 ===
[[File:Bouteflika at Mechouar Tlemcen.jpg|thumb|213x213px|Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Tlemcen, 24 May 2011]]
Following the constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third term, on 12 February 2009, Bouteflika announced his independent candidacy in the [[2009 Algerian presidential election|2009 presidential election]]. On 10 April 2009, it was announced that Bouteflika had won the election with 90.24% of the vote, on a turnout of 74%, thereby obtaining a new five-year term. Several opposition parties had boycotted the election, with the opposition Socialist Forces Front.