Ten candidates had registered to run before the deadline expired midnight Tuesday, AFP reported. Moussa Touati of the Algerian National Front (FNA), Abdelaziz Belaid of the El-Moustakbel Front (FM), Algerian Rally head Ali Zaghdoud and Workers Party leader Louisa Hanoune are among those in the race.
President Abdelaziz
Bouteflika... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third or fourth term, who will probably die in office of old age...
dropped off his papers and also confirmed his candidacy on television, the first time he has spoken in public since returning from hospital treatment in Gay Paree last year after suffering a mini-stroke.