ÿþAbdelaziz Bouteflika 



Date of Birth : 2 March 1937 

Birth Place: Oujda, Morocco 

Political Party : Front de Liberation Nationale 

Arrival in Power : 27 April 1999 

Religion: Sufi Islam 

Profession:	Politician





Biography: 





Abdelaziz Bouteflika was born in Morocco, he later moved to Algeria where he studied and then

became involved with the Front de Liberation Nationale during the war of independence.

Following the war he served several political posts and eventually left the country after falling

out with the administration. In 1999 he was elected as president with 74% of the votes. 



Since coming into office he has instituted various economic reform programs, which have had

major positive impacts on the economy, with a very high growth rate. These programs include

large infrastructure spending, creation of jobs and privatization of state industries. He has also

opened Algeria to the world, the former leaders had a rather isolationist diplomatic policy. 





Sources:





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelaziz_Bouteflika







Ahmed Ouyahia 



Date of Birth: 2 July 1952 

Birth Place: Bouadnane, Algeria 

Political Party: National Rally for Democracy 

Arrival in Power: 23 June 2008 

Religion: NA 

Profession: NA





Biography: 





Ahmed Ouyahia was born in Bouadnane, Algeria in 1952. He is a career diplomat and has served

on 2 previous occasions from 1995 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2006. He was re-elected a third

time in 2008. 





Sources:





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ouyahia