Editing Abdelaziz Bouteflika (section)

=== Constitutional amendment for a third term ===
[[File:Abdelaziz Bouteflika and George W Bush 20080707.jpg|left|thumb|209x209px|Bouteflika with U.S. President George W. Bush, Russian President [[Dmitriy Medvedev]], and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Tōyako Town, on 7 July 2008.]]
In 2006, Bouteflika appointed a new Prime Minister, [[Abdelaziz Belkhadem]]. Belkhadem then announced plans that violate the [[Algerian Constitution]] to allow the President to run for office indefinitely and increase his powers, by Hassane Meftahi, 26 May 2006; and This was widely regarded as aimed to let Bouteflika run for president for a third term. In 2008, Belkhadem was shifted out of the premiership and his predecessor [[Ahmed Ouyahia]] brought in, having also come out in favor of the constitutional amendment.

The Council of Ministers announced on 3 November 2008 that the planned constitutional revision proposal would remove the presidential term limit previously included in Article 74.