Ali Abdi Farah () (born 1947). is a politician in

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 ...

. He belongs to the

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subclan of the

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. Farah served as diplomatic attaché to the President of the Republic, as head of general administration and consular affairs at the Ministry of External Affairs, and as First Adviser to the Embassy of Djibouti in

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. He was appointed as Minister of Energy, Mines and Natural Resources on June 8, 1995, and was elected to the

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in the December 1997 parliamentary election as the ninth 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). He was subsequently moved to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in charge of Relations with Parliament on May 12, 1999. In the January 2003 parliamentary election, Farah was the 11th candidate on the candidate list of the ruling coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), in the District of Djibouti. Farah is a member of the ruling party, 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 as of 2003, he is a member of the RPP Executive Committee, responsible for external relations. In the government named on May 22, 2005, Farah was moved to the post of Minister of Communication and Culture, in charge of Posts and Telecommunications, and Government Spokesman. In the February 2008 parliamentary election, Farah was the eighth candidate on the UMP's candidate list for the District of Djibouti."Liste des 65 candidats de l’UMP pour les législatives de février 2008"
, ADI, 22 January 2008 .

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1947 births Living people Ministers of foreign affairs of Djibouti Members of the National Assembly (Djibouti) People from Djibouti City People's Rally for Progress politicians {{Djibouti-politician-stub