Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa — Age, Birthday & Biography
Born: 2 March 1937 · Died: 17 September 2021 · Age at death: 84
How old was Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa when he died?
Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa died aged 84. He was born on 2 March 1937 and died on 17 September 2021.
Former President of Algeria who served for twenty years
Did you know?He became the world's youngest foreign minister at the age of twenty-six, a record he held for many years.
Quick facts
Date of birth2 March 1937
Date of death17 September 2021
Age at death84
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
NationalityAlgerian
BirthplaceOujda, Morocco
Occupationpolitician, diplomat, revolutionary
Editor's Take:
Abdelaziz Bouteflika helped steer Algeria out of a brutal civil war. His amnesty and reconciliation plans brought relative calm after years of bloodshed. Oil money kept the state running. Over time his rule grew stale and closed. After a stroke in 2013 he was rarely seen in public. When he sought a fifth term in 2019, millions marched peacefully. Within weeks the army abandoned him and he resigned. He died in 2021.
Key Milestones
1963: Becomes Foreign Minister
1974: Presides over the UN General Assembly
1999: Becomes President
2019: Resigns after mass protests
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Arabic: عَبد الْعَزِيْز بُوتَفْلِيْقَة, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh president of Algeria from 1999 until his resignation in 2019, following mass protests.
