Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s Longest-Serving President, Dies at 84

Mr. Bouteflika, ousted from the presidency in 2019 after 20 years in office, joined the country’s fight for independence in the 1950s and helped lead the nation out of a brutal civil war in the 1990s.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/world/middleeast/bouteflika-algeria-president-dies.html