Rabat, April 3 -- Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika once received commendations for his role in ending the Algerian Civil War and improving the infrastructure of Algeria, but after he spent 20 years in office as president, the Algerian people and army have forced Bouteflika's resignation.

Bouteflika's early years in Morocco

Bouteflika was born to Algerian parents in the Moroccan city of Oujda, just over the border from Algeria, in 1937. He subsequently attended schools in the region.

In 1956, at the age of 19, Bouteflika moved to the village of Ouled Amer, near Tlemcen in western Algeria. There, he joined the Army of National Liberation (ALN) in the war of independence against France.

Bouteflika received military training...