Ali Benflis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ali Benflis

Algerian politician

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1944

Place of Birth: Batna, Batna Province, Algeria

Profession: politician

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ali Benflis (Arabic: ??? ?? ?????) (born 8 September 1944) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 2000 to 2003.
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%.