| | | Date: Jan 18, 2019 | | Source: The Daily Star |  |  |  |
Folder: Elections |
| | Algeria calls presidential election for April 18 | ALGIERS: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika issued a decree Friday calling a much anticipated presidential election for April 18, the presidency said in a statement.
Bouteflika "issued a presidential decree calling voters to the polls for a presidential election that will take place on Thursday, April 18," a statement from his office said.
It did not say whether Bouteflika would seek a fifth term in office.
Bouteflika, 81, has been in office since 1999 and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013 which bound him to a wheelchair. |
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