Ahmed-Idriss Moussa ( so, Axmed Idris Muuse) is a

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti 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 ...

an politician who served in the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...

from 1962-1967. An independent, he was the main opposition candidate in the 1999 presidential election against President

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Ismaïl Omar Guelleh ( so, Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle ar, إسماعيل عمر جليه) (born 27 November 1947) is the current President of Djibouti. He has been in office since 1999, making him one of the longest-serving rulers in Africa. He is ...

Background

He was a nurse at the Peltier Hospital of Djibouti, then worked at the

Banque de l'Indochine The Banque de l'Indochine (), originally Banque de l'Indo-Chine ("Bank of Indochina"), was a bank created in 1875 in Paris to finance French colonial development in Asia. As a bank of issue in Indochina until 1952 (and in French Paci ...

. A nationalist militant, he participated in the founding of the Popular Movement Party (PMP), which he headed. He is elected to the Territorial Assembly on June 23, 1957 on the list of

Mahmoud Harbi Mahamoud Harbi Farah ( ar, محمود الحربي, so, Maxamuud Xarbi Faarax) (1921 – 29 September 1960) was a Djiboutian politician of Somali ethnicity. A pan-Somalist, he was the Vice President of the Government Council of French Somal ...

. He was elected to the

in November 1962, supported by the PMP against

Hassan Gouled Aptidon Hassan Gouled Aptidon ( so, Xasan Guuleed Abtidoon; ar, حسن جوليد أبتيدون) (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 th ...

and

Ahmed Dini Ahmed Dini Ahmed (1932 – 12 September 2004) ( aa, Acmad Diini Acmad, ar, أحمد ديني أحمد) was a Djiboutian politician. He was trained as a health technician and entered the political realm at age 26. He served as Vice-president ...

. It sits until 1967 on the benches of the Union for the new Republic (UNR). In 1963, he signed Arta's agreement rejecting foreign claims on the CFS. In 1966 he would again support the independence movements. At independence, he becomes a deputy. In 1981, he founded an opposition party with Ahmed Dini and

Abdallah Mohamed Kamil Abdallah Mohamed Kamil (عبد الله محمد كامل) (born 1936, in Obock) is a Djiboutian politician. He served as Prime Minister of the country from 5 February 1978 to 2 October 1978. Abdallah Mohamed Kamil holds a diploma from the Fren ...

. He is then arrested. In 1999, he ran in the presidential election against

Ismail Omar Guelleh Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is cons ...

References

page on the French National Assembly website
1933 births Living people Djiboutian politicians Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{Djibouti-politician-stub