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Dileita Mohamed Dileita ( aa, Dileita Macammad Dileita, ar, دليطة محمد دليطة) (born 12 March 1959''Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders'' (2003), page 142–143."Bio express"
''Jeune Afrique'', November 25, 2007 .
) 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 was the
prime minister of Djibouti This is a list of prime ministers of Djibouti. Since the establishment of the office of prime minister in 1977, there have been 6 official prime ministers. The prime minister is the head of government of Djibouti. The current prime minister is A ...
from 7 March 2001 to 1 April 2013."Mar 2001 - Djibouti", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', volume 47, March 2001, Djibouti, page 44,040.Cherif Ouazani
Interview with Dileita
''Jeune Afrique'', April 18, 2004 .
He was vice-president of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP), the governing political party, until 2012. He also served as president of the Union for the Presidential Majority (UMP), the governing coalition."Sous le signe des réformes"
, ''La Nation'', May 31, 2007 .
In June 2014, Dileita was appointed as the
African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...
's Special Envoy for
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
.


Early years

Dileita was born in 1959 in the coastal eastern city of Tadjoura, Djibouti, to an
Afar Afar may refer to: Peoples and languages *Afar language, an East Cushitic language *Afar people, an ethnic group of Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia Places Horn of Africa *Afar Desert or Danakil Desert, a desert in Ethiopia *Afar Region, a region ...
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/ref> He studied in
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and
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, then went to the Centre for Vocational Education in
Médéa Médéa ( ber, Lemdiyyet, ar, المدية ''al-Madiya''), population 123,535 (1998 census) is the capital city of Médéa Province, Algeria. It is located roughly 68 km south of Algiers. The present-day city is situated on the site of ...
,
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, from which he graduated in 1981.


Political career

Upon graduation, Dileita returned to Djibouti, where he worked at the Directorate-General of Protocol under the Presidency. He became the second ranking diplomat at the embassy of Djibouti in
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in early 1990, and subsequently he became Ambassador to Ethiopia in 1997. He also represented Djibouti at the Organization of African Unity, headquartered in
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
, while serving as Ambassador to Ethiopia, and assisted in the peace talks that ended the 1998–2000 war between Ethiopia and
Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
. In December 1999, Dileita was charged with negotiating a peace agreement with a faction 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); the negotiations led to the signing of an agreement in February 2000. He became ambassador to
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in mid-2000. After long-time prime minister Barkat Gourad Hamadou resigned for health reasons in February 2001, President Ismail Omar Guelleh appointed Dileita as prime minister on March 4, 2001,"Djibouti: President appoints new prime minister", AFP, March 4, 2001. and he took office on March 7. He had no prior experience as a minister. Dileita was elected as the vice-president of the RPP on July 3, 2003, succeeding Hamadou in that post. Dileita led the ruling coalition, the Union for the Presidential Majority (UMP), in the January 2003 parliamentary election, standing as the first candidate on the coalition's list for the District of Djibouti. On May 21, 2005, Dileita was reappointed as prime minister after Guelleh's re-election in the April 2005 presidential election;"Djibouti on the lookout for a new government after general elections"
African Press Agency, March 26, 2008.
a new government under Dileita was named on May 22. As of 2008, Dileita was the president of the UMP coalition, and he headed the UMP list"Liste des 65 candidats de l’UMP pour les législatives de février 2008"
, ADI, 22 January 2008 .
for the District of Djibouti in the February 2008 parliamentary election. Following the election, in which the UMP won all seats amidst an opposition boycott, he resigned as Prime Minister on March 25, 2008. Guelleh promptly reappointed him on March 26"Re-appointed Djiboutian Premier forms new cabinet"
African Press Agency, March 27, 2008 .
and named a new government under Dileita on March 27. After Guelleh won a third term in the April 2011 presidential election, he reappointed Dileita as Prime Minister on 11 May 2011. Guelleh retained Dileita in his post even though various other long-serving ministers were dropped from the new government that was announced on 12 May. He was replaced as RPP Vice-President by Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed in September 2012, as part of an extensive shake-up of the RPP leadership. On 31 March 2013, Dileita was succeeded by Kamil as Prime Minister.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (née Dlamini; born 27 January 1949), sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ, is a South African politician, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Cong ...
, the
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, announced on 11 June 2014 that Dileita was appointed as the
African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...
's Special Envoy for
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
. He was head of the African Union observer mission for the March 2016 Congolese presidential election.Aaron Ross
"Protest, tear gas in Congo as Sassou Nguesso seeks to extend rule"
Reuters, 20 March 2016.


See also

* People's Rally for Progress


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dileita, Dileita Mohamed 1959 births Afar people Ambassadors of Djibouti to Ethiopia Ambassadors of Djibouti to Uganda Djiboutian Sunni Muslims Living people Members of the National Assembly (Djibouti) People from Djibouti (city) People from Tadjourah Region People's Rally for Progress politicians Prime Ministers of Djibouti