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governing the lawyers’ profession which reinforced the rights of the defence, the laws related to the professions of notaries and bailiffs as well as texts relating to the clerk's office. He initiated the adoption of texts consolidating freedom and human rights such as the abolition of the banishment sentence and the elimination of the State
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Four months after the results of the 8 April 2004 presidential election were announced, Benflis retired his mandate as
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148:(until 2004)
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494:Ali Benflis
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212:Constantine
168:على بن فليس
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1350:Abdelghani
1279:2000–2004
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1215:2019-11-02
1164:2014-01-19
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1143:2019-11-02
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1098:Al Monitor
1071:2019-11-02
1042:2014-01-19
991:2014-01-19
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743:1,244,918
725:8,332,598
530:Said Sadi
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1441:Tebboune
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1420:Ouyahia
1410:Ouyahia
1405:Benflis
1395:Hamdani
1390:Ouyahia
1370:Ghozali
1355:Brahimi
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783:140,253
763:343,624
586:329,075
557:101,630
539:197,111
521:511,526
503:653,951
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1493:acting
1462:Djerad
1451:Bedoui
1436:Sellal
1430:Yousfi
1425:Sellal
1360:Merbah
865:51.70
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