Ali Benflis

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Ali Benflis (2014)

Ali Benflis ( Arabic علي بن فليس, DMG ʿAlī b. Filīs ; * September 8, 1944 in Batna ) is an Algerian politician and former Prime Minister of Algeria.

After studying law, Benflis first opened a law firm in his hometown of Batna. In 1987 he co-founded the Algerian League for Human Rights and was Minister of Justice in various cabinets from 1988 to 1991. In 1995 he rose to the central committee of the former unity party FLN and in 2003 took over the post of general secretary . In 1999 he campaigned for Abdelaziz Bouteflika and was appointed as his close confidante after the resignation of Ahmed Benbitour on August 26, 2000 as the new head of government. On April 8, 2004 Benflis finally stood against the incumbent Bouteflika in the presidential elections, but suffered a bitter defeat and was second behind Bouteflika (84.99%) with only 6.42%.

In the presidential election on April 17, 2014, he ran again against Bouteflika (81.53%), but received only 12.18% of the vote.

Benflis submitted his candidacy for the 2019 presidential election , but withdrew it for the time being when 82-year-old Bouteflika ran again. After his withdrawal and the postponement of the election date to December 12th, Benflis ran again and reached 3rd place with 10.55%.

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Opposition in Algeria is boycotting elections. Spiegel Online from March 3, 2019, accessed on March 4, 2019