Editing Abdelaziz Bouteflika (section)

{{Villain Infobox
|Box title = Abdelaziz Bouteflika
|Image=Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his ballot in May 10th's 2012 legislative election (cropped).jpg|name=Abdelaziz Bouteflika
|origin=Algeria
|occupation=The former President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019.
|crimes=Denialism<br>
[[Islamophobia]]<br>
[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>
[[Racism]]<br>
[[Tyranny]]<br>
Facism<br>
[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>
Crimes against peace<br>
[[Persecution of Christians]]<br>
[[Xenophobia]]<br>
[[Homophobia]]<br>
[[Hate speech]]<br>
[[Terrorism]]<br>
[[Kidnapping]]<br>
Smuggling<br>
Mass [[Murder]]<br>
Theft<br>
Propaganda<br>
Pedophilia<br>
|type of villain=President Tyrant}}

'''Abdelaziz Bouteflika''' (2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as 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 of Algeria|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 Algerian presidential election|2004]], [[2009 Algerian presidential election|2009]], and [[2014 Algerian presidential election|2014]]. As President, he presided over the end of the [[Algerian Civil War]] in 2002 when he took over the project of his immediate predecessor President [[Liamine Zéroual]], and he ended [[emergency rule]] in February 2011 amidst [[Arab Spring|regional unrest]]. Following a stroke in 2013, Bouteflika had made few public appearances throughout his fourth term, making his final appearance in 2017.

Bouteflika resigned on 2 April 2019 after months of [[2019–2021 Algerian protests|mass protests]]. With nearly 20 years in power, he is the longest-serving head of state of Algeria to date. Following his resignation, Bouteflika became a recluse and died at the age of 84 in 2021, over two years after his resignation.