Portrait of Abdelaziz Bouteflika DZ flag

DZ flag Algeria Head of state

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

عبد العزيز بوتفليقة
Head of state Inactive Verified

President of Algeria 1999-2019 (1937-2021). Ruled through the post-civil-war reconciliation period; forced to resign by the Hirak (popular movement) on 2019-04-02 when he sought a fifth term despite a 2013 stroke. Died in 2021.

Country
Algeria
Role
Head of state
Status
Historical figure

Inherited position

Until Abdelaziz Bouteflika is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.

In Algeria (via National Liberation Front)
-10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Statist Libertarian · Market Authority · Statist Authority · Market 2 parties 3 parties 1 parties nationalist-arab centroid · 2 parties ← Statist Market → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Economic ↔ Socialist Forces Front (DZ) · Economic -4.0, Social +4.0 DZ Socialist Forces Front Workers' Party (DZ) · Economic -9.0, Social +3.5 DZ Workers' Party Islamic Salvation Front (DZ) · outlawed · Economic -3.0, Social -9.0 DZ Islamic Salvation Front Movement of Society for Peace (DZ) · Economic +0.0, Social -7.0 DZ Movement of Society for Peace National Liberation Front (DZ) · in government · Economic -5.0, Social -3.0 DZ National Liberation Front Democratic National Rally (DZ) · in government · Economic -2.0, Social -4.0 DZ Democratic National Rally
National Liberation Front's spider profile
Economic → Market Social → Libertarian State & religion → Secular state Liberal democracy → Strong commitment West alignment → Pro-Western Regional stance → Stability/normalization Palestinian question → Pro-Palestinian rights Civil liberties → Expand Regime stance → pro-regime Pan-Arab vs particularist → pan-Arab Centralism vs federalism → federalist Traditionalism vs modernization → modernizing Gender equality → Gender equality Iran posture → Pro-Iran / aligned Press freedom → Free press
National Liberation Front

Other politicians in National Liberation Front

Politicians who share this party affiliation. Active in-government figures appear first; historical figures (dimmed) at the end. All affiliated →

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Abdelaziz Bouteflika [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/bouteflika
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Abdelaziz Bouteflika." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/bouteflika.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-bouteflika,
  title     = {{Abdelaziz Bouteflika}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/bouteflika},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.