Ahmed Mohamed Hassan (born 1945.) is 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. He is a member of the

People's Rally for Progress The People's Rally for Progress (; , RPP) is a political party in Djibouti. It has dominated politics in the country since 1979, initially under the rule of President Hassan Gouled Aptidon. Today it is led by President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and is ...

(RPP) and has served in the

National Assembly of Djibouti The National Assembly, formerly known as the Chamber of Deputies, is the unicameral parliament of the Republic of Djibouti. Established under Title V of the 1992 Constitution, it consists of 65 members who are elected by direct and secret univ ...

as well as the

Pan-African Parliament The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union. It held its inaugural session in March 2004. The Parliament exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, ha ...

Political career

At the roundtable talks in Paris regarding Djibouti's independence in 1977, Hassan was the spokesman of the Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast. A doctor by profession, he was a member of the National Assembly of Djibouti from 1977 to 1982. He was later Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Health from May 1994 to April 1996. Subsequently, he was Director of the Peltier General Hospital—the country's main hospital, located in the city of Djibouti—from August 1996 to December 1997. Hassan was elected to the National Assembly again in the December 1997 parliamentary election as the 13th candidate on the joint candidate list of the RPP and 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) in Djibouti Region. He was re-elected in the January 2003 parliamentary election as the 14th candidate on the candidate list of the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP) coalition in Djibouti Region. Following this election, Hassan was elected as the Second Vice-president of the National Assembly on 21 January 2003. On 10 March 2004, Hassan was chosen by the National Assembly as one of Djibouti's initial five members of the Pan-African Parliament. Hassan was not included on the UMP's candidate list for the February 2008 parliamentary election, but subsequently he was appointed as an ambassador on 1 April 2008."Communiqué de la 9ème Séance du Mardi 1er avril 2008"
, Presidency website .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed Members of the National Assembly (Djibouti) Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Djibouti Living people People from Djibouti City 1945 births People's Rally for Progress politicians

Political career

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