{ "id": "RS20312", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RS20312", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 102595, "date": "1999-08-24", "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:42:45.451941", "title": "Algeria: A New President and His Policies", "summary": "The powerful Algerian army appears to have sought President Liamine Zeroual's early departure\nfrom office and, in elections held in April 1999, Abdulaziz Bouteflika was elected to replace him. \nThe opposition charged that the elections were fraudulent. Bouteflika had served as Foreign\nMinister from 1963-78, but had been absent from the country for some years. After seven years of\ncivil war between government security forces and Islamist militants, Bouteflika has proposed a \"civil\nconcord\" or amnesty to advance the prospects for domestic peace. Rising oil prices could enable him\nto address some of the country's many socioeconomic problems, should he choose to do so. \nBouteflika already has reactivated Algeria's foreign policy to restore its international prestige. The\noutlook for U.S.-Algerian relations appears positive, as modest bilateral military contacts solidify\nties that have a firm commercial foundation and Bouteflika seems open to improvements. For\nbackground, see CRS Report 98-219(pdf) F, Algeria: Developments and Dilemmas , and CRS Report 96-392F, Algeria: Four Years of Crisis . This report will be updated if\ndevelopments warrant.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20312", "sha1": "bbb9a3344b74f4f90b828af6442ab4bd04b449c7", "filename": "files/19990824_RS20312_bbb9a3344b74f4f90b828af6442ab4bd04b449c7.pdf", "images": null }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/19990824_RS20312_bbb9a3344b74f4f90b828af6442ab4bd04b449c7.html" } ], "topics": [] } ], "topics": [ "Foreign Affairs", "Middle Eastern Affairs" ] }