Ougoureh Kifleh Ahmed (born 18 November 1955
.) 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 government of Djibouti as Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2011. He has also served as Secretary-General of the

Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (french: Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie, ar, الجبهة من أجل استعادة الوحدة والديمقراطية) is a political party in Djibouti. It is ...

(FRUD).

Political career

Kifleh Ahmed was born in

Dikhil Dikhil ( ar, دخيل) is a town in the western Dikhil Region of Djibouti. Lying east of Lake Abbe, It is situated about southwest of Djibouti City and north of the border with Ethiopia. It serves as the administrative centre of the Dikhil Re ...

. FRUD, an Afar rebel group, split in 1994, when Kifleh Ahmed announced an internal revolt and the establishment of new leadership, saying that the new leadership would enter negotiations with the government to end the

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

. The old leadership rejected this and expelled Kifleh Ahmed from FRUD in early May 1994. Kifleh Ahmed became the Secretary-General of the moderate faction of FRUD, in opposition to the radical faction, which opposed negotiations. He signed a peace agreement between his faction and the government on 26 December 1994. He was subsequently appointed to the government as Minister of Agriculture and Hydraulics on 8 June 1995.Christophe Farah
"EX-REBELS IN DJIBOUTI'S COALITION GOVERNMENT"
Reuters, 9 June 1995."Jun 1995 - Djibouti Cabinet", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', Volume 41, June, 1995 Djibouti, Page 40587. He was elected to the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

in the December 1997 parliamentary election as the 11th candidate on the joint candidate list of the

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 ...

(RPP) and FRUD for

Dikhil Region The Dikhil Region ( ar, إقليم دخيل, so, Gobolka Dikhil, aa, Rakaakay Dikhil) is a region in southern Djibouti. It is bordered by the Regions of Tadjoura to the north, Arta to the northeast, Ali Sabieh to the east. To the west and sout ...

. Following this election, he was moved to the post of Minister of the Civil Service and Administrative Reform on 28 December 1997. Kifleh Ahmed was appointed as Minister of National Defense on 12 May 1999. In the January 2003 parliamentary election, Kifleh Ahmed was again elected to the National Assembly as the second candidate on the candidate list of the ruling coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), in Dikhil Region. President

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 ...

awarded the medal of the Commander of the Great Star of Djibouti to Kifleh Ahmed and FRUD President

Ali Mohamed Daoud Ali Mohamed Daoud, also known as Jean-Marie (born 28 August 1950.), is a Djiboutian politician and the President of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD). He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Djibouti. Life an ...

during independence day celebrations on 27 June 2004. He was also re-elected in the February 2008 parliamentary election as the first candidate on the UMP's candidate list for Dikhil Region."Liste des 65 candidats de l’UMP pour les législatives de février 2008"
, ADI, 22 January 2008 .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Ougoureh Kifleh Members of the National Assembly (Djibouti) Living people 1955 births People from Dikhil Region Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy politicians