Presidential elections were held in
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 ...
on 9 April 1999. Following the retirement of
Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who had served as President since independence in 1977, his nephew
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 ...
won the nomination of the ruling
People's Rally for Progress
The People's Rally for Progress ( ar, التجمع الشعبي من أجل التقدم; french: Rassemblement populaire pour le Progrès, RPP) is a political party in Djibouti. It has dominated politics in the country since 1979, initially under ...
. His only opponent was
Ahmed-Idriss Moussa
Ahmed-Idriss Moussa ( so, Axmed Idris Muuse) is a Djiboutian politician who served in the French National Assembly from 1962-1967. An independent, he was the main opposition candidate in the 1999 presidential election against President Ismaïl ...
who ran as an independent, with the support of the
National Democratic Party-
Democratic Renewal Party coalition. The result was victory for Guelleh, who won 74% of the vote.
Elections in Djibouti
African Elections Database
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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 ...
1999 in Djibouti
Presidential elections in Djibouti
April 1999 events in Africa
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results