Presidential Campaigns
Her first bid for the 1999 presidential election was rejected by the Constitutional Council. She ran as a candidate in the Algerian presidential elections of 2004 and 2009. She became the first female candidate to seek office during the Algerian presidential election of 2004. This event was not only a first in Algeria but in the entire Arab world. Only six candidates were recognized by the constitutional council.
Hanoune was one of eleven candidates who nominated for the 2009 Algerian presidential election. Her platform included defending the principle of national sovereignty and denouncing the policy of liberalization and privatization of public enterprises. She won 4.22% of the vote, coming second out of six candidates, as President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term with 90.24% of the votes cast in an election which was denounced as fraudulent.
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