Ismail Omar Guelleh
Ismail Omar Guelleh [ izmaˈil ɔˈmaːʀ geˈle ] ( Somali : Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle ; born November 27, 1947 in Dire Dawa , Ethiopia ) has been the second president of Djibouti since 1999 . He was re-elected in 2005, 2011 and 2016.
Life
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh was born as a member of the Issa - Somali in Dire Dawa in Ethiopian territory. His parents sent him to a French religious school in his hometown and in 1960 for further training in what was then the French city of Djibouti. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh joined the police in the French administration there in 1968, and in 1970 he became an inspector. At the same time he was active in the independence movement Ligue Populaire Africaine pour l'Indépendance (LPAI), which is why he was dismissed from the police force in 1975.
After independence, Guelleh's uncle Hassan Gouled Aptidon became president of the country. In 1979 he converted the LPAI to the Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès (RPP) unity party , within which Guelleh rose. In 1999 Guelleh succeeded Aptidon. As a candidate for the RPP, he won 74% against an independent challenger.
In 2000, he fired the Chief of Staff of the National Police Forces, Yacin Yabeh, who later attempted a coup . In the same year he led peace negotiations for Somalia in Arta , which led to the formation of a transitional government .
After being re-elected in 2005 and 2011, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh was last re-elected in the 2016 presidential election with 87% of the vote. The 2003 parliamentary elections and 2008 parliamentary elections were also clearly won by the alliance Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle led by the RPP , so that it received all seats in the National Assembly . This unanimously approved a constitutional amendment in April 2010 that would allow Ismaïl Omar Guelleh a third term.
He was one of the signatories of the Amman Message ( Amman Message ).
literature
- Thomas East, Richard J. Thomas: Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders , Routledge 2003, ISBN 1-85743-126-X (pp. 141f.)
Web links
- Ismail Omar Guelleh in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Individual evidence
- ^ African Elections Database: Djibouti
- ↑ Ismaïl Omar Guelleh en route pour un troisième mandat , in: Jeune Afrique , April 19, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guelleh, Ismail Omar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Djiboutian politician, President of Djibouti |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dire Dawa , Ethiopia |