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Abdelaziz Bouteflika

1937 - 2021

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; Arabic: عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa [ʕabd elʕaziːz buːtefliːqa]; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdelaziz Bouteflika has received more than 1,629,720 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Abdelaziz Bouteflika is the 1,046th most popular politician (down from 700th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Moroccan Politician.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika is most famous for being the president of Algeria for 20 years.

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  • 69.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdelaziz Bouteflika ranks 1,046 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Louis V of France, Gustáv Husák, Liu Shaoqi, John VIII Palaiologos, and Frederick VII of Denmark. After him are Olaf II of Denmark, Lee Myung-bak, Abijah of Judah, Feodor III of Russia, Gough Whitlam, and Muhammad XII of Granada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Abdelaziz Bouteflika ranks 16. Before him are Bobby Charlton, Jane Fonda, Queen Sonja of Norway, Martti Ahtisaari, Boris Spassky, and Renzo Piano. After him are Queen Paola of Belgium, Madeleine Albright, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Vanessa Redgrave, and Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples. Among people deceased in 2021, Abdelaziz Bouteflika ranks 7. Before him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michael Collins, Gerd Müller, Albert Bandura, and Mikis Theodorakis. After him are F. W. de Klerk, Chun Doo-hwan, Christopher Plummer, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Charlie Watts, and Isamu Akasaki.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Abdelaziz Bouteflika ranks 6 out of 264. Before him are Ibn Battuta (1304), Jean Reno (1948), Hassan II of Morocco (1929), Just Fontaine (1933), and Abd el-Krim (1882). After him are Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Nathalie Delon (1941), Alain Badiou (1937), and Serge Haroche (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Morocco

Among politicians born in Morocco, Abdelaziz Bouteflika ranks 3. Before him are Hassan II of Morocco (1929), and Abd el-Krim (1882). After him are Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Ibn Tumart (1097), Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1160), Yusef of Morocco (1882), Ahmad al-Mansur (1549), Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1138), and Hassan I of Morocco (1836).

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