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Ahmed Dini Ahmed (, ; 1932 – 12 September 2004) was a
Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...
an politician who served as the second
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. He was trained as a health technician and entered the political realm at age 26. He served as Vice-president of the Representative Council of
French Somaliland French Somaliland (; ; ) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. The Republic of Djibouti is its legal successor state. History French Somalil ...
from April 1959 to June 1960, he was a member of the government of Ali Aref Bourhan in 1962–1964, he then participated in the foundation of the Afar Democratic Union (UDA). He was Minister of Home Affairs until 1971. In 1975, he became spokesman for the new African People's League for Independence (LPAI), led by
Hassan Gouled Aptidon Hassan Gouled Aptidon (; ; October 15, 1916 – November 21, 2006) was the first President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999. Biography He was born in the small village of Gerisa in the Lughaya district in British Somaliland. He was born into the ...
. He was elected President of
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from 13 May 1977 to 13 July 1977. He was succeeded by Saad Warsama Dirie. In July 1977, he became the Prime Minister of the newly independent
Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...
. In December, after the bombing of the Palm in Zinc, and the consequent ban on the Movement for the Liberation (MPL), he resigned and returned to the opposition. He led the
Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (, FRUD; ) is a political party in Djibouti. It is aligned with the interests of the Afar people who live in the country, although it has supporters residing outside of Djibouti. History Upr ...
(FRUD), an Afar rebel group, during the civil war of the 1990s; after the group split in 1994, he led a radical faction of FRUD.


Biography

Ahmed, a member of the Afar ethnic group, was born near Mount Mabla in the northern Djibouti.Cherif Ouazani
"Ahmed Dini Ahmed"
Jeuneafrique.com, September 19, 2004 .
Following independence, Ahmed became Prime Minister as well Minister in charge of Urban and Regional Planning (''Aménagement du territoire'') and the Creation of New Resources in July 1977. He resigned from the position six months later after clashing with President Hassan Gouled Aptidon.


Later years

He led FRUD in its armed struggle against the government, which began in 1991. He led the movement that engaged in a desert war against Issa domination which surfaced soon after independence was established. FRUD split in 1994, and a moderate faction led by
Ali Mohamed Daoud Ali Mohamed Daoud, also known as Jean-Marie (born 28 August 1950.), is a Djiboutian politician and the President of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD). He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Djibouti. Life an ...
entered negotiations with the government (signing a peace agreement in December 1994),''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 180. while Ahmed continued to lead a radical faction which vowed to continue to fight."DINI'S FACTION REAFFIRMS PURSUIT OF ARMED STRUGGLE"
Reuters, 30 September 1994 (''Horn of Africa Bulletin'', Vol. 6 No. 5 (September–October 1994).
The radical faction held a congress in late September 1994 and elected Dini as head of its executive committee. Following the signing of a reconciliation agreement between his faction and the government in February 2000, Dini returned to Djibouti from
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on 29 March 2000, ending nine years of exile. In the January 2003 parliamentary election, he was the first candidate on the candidate list of the opposition coalition, the Union for a Democratic Alternative (UAD), in the District of Djibouti;"Décret n°2002-0261/PR/MID Portant publication des listes des candidats en vue des élections législatives du vendredi 10 janvier 2003."
, Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti, December 25, 2002 .
however, the coalition did not win any seats. He died on 12 September 2004 at a French military hospital in Djibouti.


References

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