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The country is the Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria.
Their current government type is a parliamentary republic. The
influential recent protests began in early 2011. The citizens of
the country were protesting because they wanted a democracy. The
government established 23 new political parties. The leader,
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, permitted private radio and television
stations. The leader promised to amend the constitution to
strengthen democracy as a response to the protests. The government
launched a spending program to reduce the high unemployment rate as
a result of the protests. The spending program helped to diversify
the economy. The protests began in Algiers, Algeria.
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika was born in 1937 and when he grew up, he
fought against the French in the National Liberation army. He also
became a major spokesperson for the nonaligned nations. He became
an advisor to president Chadli Benejedid, but was dismissed in 1980
and spent much of the next 2 decades in exile. He left Algeria but
returned in 1999. He ran for president as a candidate of the
National Liberation Front and the National Democratic Rally, which
are both military backed parties. He won the election because his
competitors claimed that the election was rigged, so they stopped
campaigning. In April of 2013, Bouteflika suffered a stroke and
spent 3 months in France receiving medical treatment. Since
returning in July, he has mostly kept out of the public eye,
however, he changed his cabinet in September, which gave Bouteflika
some attention in the press. In 2014, the FLN announced that it had
nominated the 76 year old to serve a fourth term. He won the
election. That is what he is currently doing.
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The size of the country is 1,479,944 square miles. The
population is 38,813,722 people.
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99% of citizens in Algeria are Muslim. Arabic is the official
language. On July 5 th, 1962, they gained independence from France.
In 2008, their constitution was amended. In the 20 th century, they
had a civil war.
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