Bujari Ahmed
Bujari Ahmed | |
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Baracaldo, Spain | |
Alma mater | University of La Laguna Complutense University of Madrid |
Occupation(s) | Politic and diplomat |
Children | 5 |
Bujari Uld Ahmed Uld Barical-la, known as Bujari Ahmed or Boukhari Ahmed (19 September 1952 – 3 April 2018), was an intellectual, politician and
Biography
He was born in the old Villa Cisneros (Dakhla) in 1952.[1] He was the son of Ahmed Uld Barical-la, a notable Saharawi who served in the Spanish administration of the General Government of the Sahara from a young age as an interpreter of the Djema'a, which represented the territory in the Cortes Españolas and one of the pioneering figures of the Sahrawi independence movement and older brother of the also diplomatic Hash Ahmed.[2]
He studied primary and secondary in
Diplomatic career
He was editor of the newspaper "Sahara Libre" (Sahara Free) (1975-1977) and in 1978 he returned to Madrid as the first representative of the Polisario Front in this country, representation that he assumed until 1980. From 1980 to 1984 he was the first ambassador of the SADR in Panama and in 1982 the first ambassador of the SADR in Costa Rica. From 1984 to 1985 he returned to Spain. His next position in 1985 to 1988 was that of ambassador in Venezuela and shortly after was appointed representative of the Polisario Front for Europe. In 1988 he was the first ambassador of Mexico and later Ambassador in Mission in several countries of Latin America. From 1992 until his death he was a representative of the Polisario Front at the UN headquarters in New York.[3]
He was part of the negotiating delegation that attended several talks and negotiations between the Polisario Front and the
In March 2016, he was the host of the Secretary General of the United Nations,
He remained in the post of Saharawi representative at the UN until his death on the night of 3 April 2018. He died in the hospital of Cruces de
References
- ^ Biography of the martyr Ahmed Bujari, member of the National Secretariat, Frente POLISARIO Representative to UN
- ^ Adiós a otro registro humano de nuestra Historia en el Sáhara, Ahmed Uld Barical-la: “Yo y mis hijos moriremos peleando por nuestra tierra” Archived 2018-04-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece Bujari Ahmed, el negociador del Polisario en la ONU (in Spanish)
- ^ Marruecos ataca a Ban Ki-moon por hablar del Sáhara “ocupado” (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece Ahmed Bujari, representante del Polisario ante la ONU (in Spanish)