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List Of State Leaders In 2012
Africa * **President – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999–2019) **Prime Minister – **#Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister of Algeria (2008–2012) **#Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria (2012–2014) * **President – José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (1979–present) * **President – Thomas Boni Yayi, President of Benin (2006–2016) **Prime Minister – Pascal Koupaki, Prime Minister of Benin (2011–2013) * **President – Ian Khama, President of Botswana (2008–2018) * **President – Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso (1987–2014) **Prime Minister – Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (2011–2014) * **President – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi (2005–2020) * **President – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (1982–present) **Prime Minister – Philémon Yang, Prime Minister of Cameroon (2009–2019) * **President – Jorge Carlos Fonseca, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 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. 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, 2009, and 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 Zéro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
