Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun (in ; born 9 July 1954) is a Sahrawi politician currently serving as the

Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The prime minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is the head of government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a government in exile based in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria. The post of the prime minister has b ...

since . He was a former

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, with a base in

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. He has been prime minister of the Sahrawi Republic twice.IBP Inc

Career

Bouchraya was born at Dakhla in 1954. He studied

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at the

University of Havana The University of Havana or (UH, ''Universidad de La Habana'') is a university located in the Vedado district of Havana, the capital of the Republic of Cuba. Founded on January 5, 1728, the university is the oldest in Cuba, and one of the first ...

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. He speaks Hassaniya ( a variety of Arabic) &

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. He has held various posts in the Sahrawi government in exile. He started off his political career as the Minister of Trade and Development, when the former education minister

Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed ( ar, محمد لامين ولد أحمد; born 1947) is a Sahrawi people, Sahrawi politician, writer and member of the Polisario Front. Since January 2012, he is the Minister of Health of the Sahrawi Republic. Born ...

became the Prime Minister in December 1985.Hamudi Bucharaya: "Marruecos se desinfla"

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, 27 March 2009 He was selected as the Prime Minister in 1993 and served for a two-year term. He then served as the Economic Development & Trade Minister. He subsequently became the Prime Minister again between 1999 and 2003, during which he also served as the Minister of Interior. Bouchraya called for a renewed emphasis on

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara ( ar, بعثة الأمم المتحدة لتنظيم استفتاء في الصحراء الغربية; french: Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au ...

's mandate during his second Prime Ministerial tenure and pledged to accept the outcome of a free referendum regardless of whether the popular opinion was for integrating with Morocco. He was also critical of the new king

Mohammed VI of Morocco Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس; born 21 August 1963) is the King of Morocco. He belongs to the 'Alawi dynasty and acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II. Upon ascending to the throne, Moham ...

, who he claimed was violating the rights of the Sahrawi people. Bouchraya was appointed as the POLISARIO representative for Spain in 2008 replacing

Brahim Ghali Brahim Ghali () ( ar, rtl=yes, إبراهيم غالي, Ibrāhīm Ġālī; es, Brahim Gali; born 16 September 1949) is a Sahrawi politician and military officer that serves as the current president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) ...

, who became the Sahrawi Republic ambassador in

. When Brahim Ghali became the president of SADR, Bouchraya replaced him as the SADR representative at Algiers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayoun, Bouchraya Hammoudi Sahrawi expatriates in Spain Living people People from Dakhla, Western Sahara Polisario Front politicians Prime Ministers of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic University of Havana alumni Sahrawi Sunni Muslims Place of birth missing (living people) Sahrawi diplomats 1954 births