Editing Abdelaziz Bouteflika (section)

== Personal life and death ==
In November 2005, Bouteflika was admitted to a hospital in France, reportedly had a [[gastric ulcer hemorrhage]], and discharged three weeks later. However, the length of time for which Bouteflika remained virtually incommunicado led to rumours that he was critically ill with stomach cancer.

A leaked diplomatic cable revealed that, by the end of 2008, Bouteflika had developed stomach cancer.

In 2013, Bouteflika had a debilitating stroke.
On 17 September 2021 Bouteflika died at his home in Zéralda from cardiac arrest at the age of 84.
His death was announced on state television by President [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]]. He had been in failing health since he had a stroke in 2013.