Dileita Mohamed Dileita

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Dileita Mohamed Dileita
دليطة محمد دليطة
Dileita Mohamed Dileita
Incumbent
Assumed office 
07 March 2001
President Ismail Omar Guelleh
Preceded by Barkat Gourad Hamadou
Born 12 March 1958 (1958-03-12) (age 50)
Tadjoura, Djibouti
Political party RPP
Religion Sunni Muslim

Dileita Mohamed Dileita (Arabic: دليطة محمد دليطة) (born March 12, 1958[1]) has been the current Prime Minister of Djibouti since March 4, 2001.[2] He is a member of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP),[1] which governs in coalition with the Front for Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD).

Dileita was born in Tadjoura. He studied in Cairo[1][2] and Reims, then went to the Centre for Vocational Education in Médéa, Algeria, from which he graduated in 1981.[1] Following his graduation, he returned to Djibouti, where he worked under the Presidency of the Republic at the Directorate-General of Protocol. He became the second ranking diplomat at the embassy of Djibouti in France in early 1990,[2] and subsequently he became Ambassador to Ethiopia[1][2] in 1997. He also represented Djibouti at the Organization of African Unity, headquartered in Addis Ababa, while serving as Ambassador to Ethiopia, and assisted in the peace talks that ended the 1998–2000 war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.[1]

In December 1999, he was charged with negotiating a peace agreement with a faction of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD); the negotiations led to the signing of an agreement in February 2000.[2] He became Ambassador to Uganda in mid-2000.[3] After long-time Prime Minister Barkat Gourad Hamadou resigned for health reasons in February 2001,[1][4] President Ismail Omar Guelleh appointed Dileita as Prime Minister on March 4, 2001.[2]

Dileita led the ruling coalition, the Union for the Presidential Majority (UMP), in the January 2003 parliamentary election.[5] On May 21, 2005, Dileita was reappointed as Prime Minister[6] after Guelleh's re-election in the April 2005 presidential election;[7] a new government under Dileita was named on May 22.[8]

Dileita headed the UMP list in the February 2008 parliamentary election.[9][10] Following the election, in which the UMP won all seats amidst an opposition boycott, he resigned on March 25, 2008.[7] Guelleh promptly reappointed him on March 26[11][12] and named a new government under Dileita on March 27.[11][13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders (2003), page 142–143.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cherif Ouazani, Interview with Dileita, Jeuneafrique.com, April 18, 2004 (French).
  3. ^ "Djibouti president to visit Uganda for talks on Ethiopia, Eritrea conflict", New Vision (nl.newsbank.com), June 19, 2000.
  4. ^ "Long-serving Prime Minister resigns", IRIN, February 6, 2001.
  5. ^ "DJIBOUTI: Parliamentary elections set for Friday", IRIN, January 9, 2003.
  6. ^ "Décret n°2005-0067/PRE portant nomination du Premier Ministre.", Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti, May 21, 2005 (French).
  7. ^ a b "Djibouti on the lookout for a new government after general elections", African Press Agency, March 26, 2008.
  8. ^ "Décret n°2005-0069/PRE portant nomination des membres du Gouvernement.", Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti, May 22, 2005 (French).
  9. ^ "Début du vote avec retard pour les législatives", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), 8 February 2008.
  10. ^ "Djibouti votes amid opposition boycott", AFP (IOL), February 8, 2008.
  11. ^ a b "Re-appointed Djiboutian Premier forms new cabinet", African Press Agency, March 27, 2008 (French).
  12. ^ "Décret n°2008-0083/PRE portant nomination du Premier ministre.", Official Journal of the Republic of Djibouti, March 26, 2008 (French).
  13. ^ "Décret n°2008-0084/PRE portant nomination des membres du Gouvernement.", Official Journal of the Republic of Djibouti, March 27, 2008 (French).
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Preceded by
Barkat Gourad Hamadou		 Prime Minister of Djibouti
2001 – present		 Incumbent
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