Back علي بن فليس Arabic Ali Benflis AST Ali Benflis German Αλί Μπενφλίς Greek Ali Benflis Spanish علی بن فلیس Persian Ali Benflis Finnish Ali Benflis French עלי בן פליס HE Ali Benflis ID
Ali Benflis | |
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علي بن فليس | |
 Benflis in 2019 | |
| Head of Government of Algeria | |
| In office 26 August 2000 – 13 August 2004 | |
| President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Benbitour |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Ouyahia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1944 Batna, Algeria |
| Political party | National Liberation Front (until 2004) |
Ali Benflis (Arabic: على بن فليس; born 8 September 1944) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 2000 to 2004.[1] In 2003, he became the general secretary of the National Liberation Front party. Benflis was a candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but the poll resulted in the re-election of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Benflis ran yet again as an independent candidate in the 2014 Algerian presidential elections held on 17 April 2014. The result was that Abdelaziz Bouteflika was reelected as president with 81.53% of the votes, with Benflis ending as runner-up with 12.18%.
- ^ "Algeria's presidential challengers". BBC News. 9 April 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2010.