Ruler · 1947 – present
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Born 1947, living; politician. President of Djibouti (Djibouti), 1999 – ….
Wikidata's English label: Ismail Omar Guelleh.
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- Lived
- since 1947
- living
- Lines
- 1
- Djibouti
- Left it
- still in office
President of Djibouti
Djibouti · the 2nd of 2 dated reigns · 1977 – 1999
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh1999 – …Reigned 1999 – present · in office since 1999 · came to it aged 52
- Came to it
- elected
- Ending
- still in officenothing on record: the term is open and the state still stands
As the joint candidate of the RPP and moderate wing of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD), Guelleh won the presidential election held on 9 April 1999 with 74.02% of the vote, defeating his only challenger, the independent candidate Moussa Ahmed Idriss.
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