Idriss Arnaoud Ali
Idriss Arnaoud Ali (25 December 1945 – 12 February 2015) was a
National Assembly of Djibouti from 2003 to 2015. He was also the Secretary-General of the People's Rally for Progress
(RPP) from 2003 to 2012.
Career
He was born in
District of Djibouti.[2] During the parliamentary term that followed, he served as President of the Permanent Commission of the National Assembly; he was also a member of the Defense Commission.[3]
In the
February 2008 parliamentary election, Ali was the second candidate on the UMP's candidate list for the District of Djibouti.[7] He was re-elected to a seat in the National Assembly, and he was then re-elected as President of the National Assembly on 20 February 2008.[8][9] In the vote for President of the National Assembly, he received 61 votes against four for another RPP deputy, Mohamed Dileita.[9]
Ali was replaced as RPP Secretary-General by
February 2013 parliamentary election, he was re-elected to the National Assembly. The National Assembly began meeting for its new parliamentary term on 18 March 2013, and Ali was re-elected as President of the National Assembly.[11][12] He was the only candidate for the post and received the votes of 54 of the 55 deputies present; 10 opposition deputies were not present.[12]
Ali died on 12 February 2015 at a Kenyan hospital in Nairobi.[13][14]
References
- ^ a b c d Page at National Assembly website Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (in French).
- ^ "Décret n°97-0175/PRE abrogeant et remplaçant le décret n°97-0170/PRE portant publication des listes de candidats et ouverture de la campagne électorale pour les élections législatives du 19 décembre 1997." Archived 2006-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti, December 16, 1997 (in French).
- ^ a b "M.Idriss Arnaoud Ali, 58 ans, nouveau président de l’Assemblée nationale" Archived 2005-01-20 at the Wayback Machine, ADI, 21 January 2003 (in French).
- ^ "Décret n°2002-0261/PR/MID Portant publication des listes des candidats en vue des élections législatives du vendredi 10 janvier 2003." Archived 2008-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti, December 25, 2002 (in French).
- ^ "Djibouti: Idriss Ali elected new Speaker.", Financial Times (BBC Monitoring International Reports), 21 January 2003.
- ^ "Liste du nouveau Comité exécutif du Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès"[permanent dead link], ADI, 3 July 2003 (in French).
- ^ "Liste des 65 candidats de l’UMP pour les législatives de février 2008" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, ADI, 22 January 2008 (in French).
- ^ IPU-PARLINE page for 2008 election.
- ^ a b "Idriss Arnaoud Ali reconduit au poste du président de l’Assemblée nationale", ADI, 20 February 2008 (in French).
- ^ Cherif Ouazani, "Djibouti : révolution de velours", Jeune Afrique, 5 October 2012 (in French).
- ^ "La nouvelle assemblée nationale tient sa séance inaugurale", Agence Djiboutienne d'Information, 18 March 2013 (in French).
- ^ a b "Séance Inaugurale de la 7ème Législature de l’Assemblée nationale: Arnaoud reconduit au « perchoir »" Archived 2013-04-10 at archive.today, La Nation, 19 March 2013 (in French).
- ^ "Décès de M. Idriss Arnaoud Ali", La Nation, 15 February 2015 (in French).
- ^ "Djibouti's parliament speaker dies", Hiiraan Online, 13 February 2015.