By Maher MezahiAlgiers, Algeria Algeria protests Abdelaziz Bouteflika was a dominant figure in Algerian politics for more than six decades. Most notably, he served as Algeria’s longest-serving president from 1999 to 2019. Born to Algerian parents in Oujda, Morocco on 2 March 1937, Bouteflika became known for his intelligence from a very young age. In…