Hassan Gouled Aptidon
Prime Minister of Djibouti | |
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| In office 27 June – 12 July 1977 | |
| President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Dini Ahmed |
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| Born | 15 October 1916 Djibouti City, Djibouti |
| Political party | People's Rally for Progress |
| Spouse | Aicha Bogoreh (died in 2001) |
Hassan Gouled Aptidon (
Biography
He was born in the small village of
Hassan Gouled served as Vice-President of the Government Council from 1958 to April 1959. Hassan Gouled also served in the
Towards independence
In 1974, Hassan Gouled called a vote with the support of
He became President of the Governing Council on 18 May 1977 and was elected President of the future Republic of Djibouti on 28 May by the Chamber of Deputies. It remained so until 1999. After the attack on the "Zinc Palm" in December 1977, it banned the main opposition party, the MPL, and established a one-party system.
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President of Djibouti 1977-1999
Government
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Presidency
In 1981, Hassan Gouled turned the country into a
In the 1990s, the Djibouti economy deteriorated dramatically, with net external assets falling by 40 per cent. The World Bank issued "a correspondingly gloomy and highly critical" assessment, mentioning such social problems as the excessive consumption of the addictive and debilitating drug qat by Djibouti's citizens. During this period, Hassan Gouled's nephew Ismaïl Omar Guelleh not only maneuvered to be his successor, but increasingly came to handle affairs for the elderly Hassan Gouled.[5]
On 4 February 1999, Gouled Aptidon announced that he would retire at the time of the next election, and an extraordinary congress of the RPP, the party chose Guelleh as its presidential candidate.[6] Guelleh won the presidential election held in April 1999[7] and succeeded his uncle on 8 May 1999.[8] Gouled Aptidon died at his home on 21 November 2006, aged 90.[2]
Gouled's first wife, former
Honours
Foreign honours
Malaysia:
Honorary Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (1998)[10]
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References
- ^ I. M. Lewis, A modern history of Somalia, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p. 180
- ^ a b "Décès du Président Hassan Gouled à l'âge de 90 ans" (in French). Agence djiboutienne d'information. 2006-11-21. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
- ^ "Sep 1981 - Re-election of President Hassan Gouled Aptidon - Cabinet Reorganization - Intensified Co-operation with North-East African Countries - Conclusion of Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation with Ethiopia", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 27, September, 1981 Djibouti, Page 31058.
- ^ Elections in Djibouti, African Elections Database.
- ^ Lewis, A History, pp. 290f
- ^ "Djibouti: President Gouled Aptidon to retire in April after 22 years in power", AFP (nl.newsbank.com), 4 February 1999.
- ^ "Proclamation du Président de la République de Djibouti par le Conseil Constitutionnel." Archived 2007-08-16 at the Wayback Machine, Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti (in French).
- ^ "SUDAN: President holds weekend talks with Ethiopia", IRIN, May 11, 1999.
- ^ Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang, dan Pingat Persekutuan". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
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