Guelleh, Ismaïl Omar, 1947-

جليه، اسماعيل عمر، 1947-

found: L'action d'un président de la Corne d'Afrique, 2001:cover page (Ismaïl Omar Gouelleh; Président de la République de Djibouti)

found: Wikipedia, December 6, 2014(Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (Somali: Ismaaciil Cumar Geele; Arabic: اسماعيل عمر جليه = Ismāʻīl ʻUmar Julayh); born 27 November 1947 in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; is the President of Djibouti, assumed office 8 May 1999)

found: Wikipedia, May 4, 2023(Ismaïl Omar Guelleh; Somali: Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle; one of the longest-serving rulers in Africa; born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia on 27 November 1946 into the Mamassan subclan of the Ciise Dir clan of the Somali ethnic group; attended a traditional Islamic school when young; in 1960 he migrated to Djibouti before finishing high school; in 1964 at age 18 he began working in the General Information [office?] of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, because he spoke Amharic, Somali, Arabic, French, Italian and English; suspended from his duties in 1975 because he was suspected of transmitting information to the independence movement; became involved in the African People's League for Independence (LPAI); elected into LPAI's Central Committee in 1983; became a member of the party leadership in 1987; after Djibouti's independence he became head of the secret police and chief of the cabinet in the government of his uncle Hassan Gouled Aptidon, serving also as his chief of staff for more than two decades; received training from the Somali National Security Service and the French Secret Service; intended to become his uncle's successor, and became President in 1999, as joint candidate for the ruling People's Rally for Progress (RPP) and the moderate wing of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD))