Hassan Gouled Aptidon
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His Excellency Hassan Gouled Aptidon |
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| 1st President of Djibouti | |
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In office 27 June 1977 – 8 May 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Barkat Gourad Hamadou |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh |
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15 October 1916 Lughaya, British Somaliland |
| Died | 21 November 2006 (aged 90) Djibouti, Djibouti |
| Political party | People's Rally for Progress |
| Spouse(s) | Aicha Bogoreh (died in 2001) |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Hassan Gouled Aptidon (Somali: Xasan Guuleed Abtidoon. Arabic: حسن جوليد أبتيدون) (October 15, 1916 – November 21, 2006) was the first President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999.
He was born in a small village called Garissa in the Lughaya district of northern Somalia. He was into the politically powerful Mamassan subclan of the Issa clan. He played an important role in Djibouti's struggle for independence from France. According to I.M. Lewis, "with the powerful support of the French electorate" Hassan Gouled campaigned against Mahamoud Harbi Farah of the Union Republicaine party, who sought to join the territory with neighboring Somalia. By the time of the 23 November 1958 elections, Mahamoud Harbi's party had disintegrated and with the majority of the Afar vote, his faction won election. Mahamoud Harbi subsequently fled Djibouti, and later died in a plane crash.
Hassan Gouled served as Vice-President of the Government Council from 1958 to April 1959. Hassan Gouled also served in the French National Assembly 1959-1962 and the French Senate 1952-1958. He was defeated in parliamentary elections in 1962 by Moussa Ahmed Idriss , the Party of Popular Movement (PMP). In the 1960s, he led the Democratic Union Issa. It is a signatory to the agreement of Arta in September 1963. He was then education minister in a government led by Ali Aref Bourhan 1963 to 1967. He was briefly jailed in July 1967, along with other officials of the Party of Popular Movement (PMP). He was elected to the Territorial Assembly in November 1968 and later became Minister of the Interior Later he served as Prime Minister between May 1977 and July 1977.
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