Date: Oct 29, 2018 Source: The Daily Star Algeria's Bouteflika to seek re-election in 2019: party chief Agence France Presse ALGIERS: Algeria's frail President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power since 1999, will stand for a fifth term at elections next year, the head of his party said Sunday. National Liberation Front chief Djamel Ould Abbes said Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke in 2013, would be the party's candidate at the vote set for April 2019, state news agency APS reported. Bouteflika, 81, has yet to officially announce his candidacy.