Hassan Gouled Aptidon
Hassan Gouled Aptidon (born October 15, 1916 in Garissa , Lughaya , British Somaliland ; † November 21, 2006 in Djibouti (city) ) was the first President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999 and also Prime Minister for a short time between May and July 1977 .
Aptidon belonged to the Issa - Somali ethnic group . He came to power as President of the African People's League for Independence ( Ligue Populaire Africaine pour l'Indépendence , LPAI). Two years after Djibouti's independence, he dissolved the LPAI himself in 1979 and founded the Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès (People's Assembly for Progress, RPP). In 1981 he made Djibouti a one-party state by declaring the RPP to be the only legal party.
After the outbreak of the Djiboutian civil war in 1991, he allowed partially free elections in the following year, in which a maximum of four parties were allowed, not including the rebel group responsible for the war Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie (Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy, FRUD). The RPP won 72 percent of the vote and Aptidon was re-elected for a fourth term.
In 1999, at the age of 83, he decided to resign after being re-elected for a fifth term in 1997. His successor was Ismail Omar Guelleh , the head of the cabinet . Aptidon died in late 2006 from complications from a longstanding liver disease.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hassan Gouled Aptidon | president of Djibouti. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
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| SURNAME | Gouled Aptidon, Hassan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Djiboutian politician, President and Prime Minister of Djibouti |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garissa , Lughaya , British Somaliland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2006 |
| Place of death | Djibouti (city) |