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Sahrawi diplomat and politician

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Brahim Ghali is a male politician born on August 19, 1949, in Smara. He holds citizenship in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and resides in Tindouf. A member of the Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab, also known as the Polisario Front, he has served as the general secretary and President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. His religious affiliation is Sunni Islam.

The subject is referenced by 295 other encyclopedia articles. While some data sources associate the name with an Italian artist performing pop rap and trap music, the primary biographical details identify him as a political figure from the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1993-05-21
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  • Tanzania, under the leadership of the respected African leader, Teacher Julius Nyerere, was leading the African liberation struggle, and the capital, Dar es Salaam, was chosen as the headquarters of the African Liberation Committee, which is affiliated with the Organization of African Unity.

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Key facts

Prime minister
Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun , Abdelkader Taleb Omar , Mohamed Wali Akeik , Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Preceded by
Khatri Addouh (interim)
Succeeded by
Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Born
( 1949-08-19 ) 19 August 1949 (age 76) , Smara , Spanish West Africa
Party
Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab (1969–1970) , Polisario Front

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Encyclopedic overview

Brahim Ghali (/ˈɡɑːli/; Arabic: إبراهيم غالي, romanized: Ibrāhīm Ġālī; born 19 August 1949) is a Sahrawi politician, military officer and current president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), formerly its ambassador to Algeria and Spain.

Ghali played a key role in the struggle of the Sahrawi people for self-determination and independence from Morocco. He was instrumental in the creation of the Movement for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab, the 1970 Zemla Intifada against Spanish rule, the foundation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Polisario Front) in 1973, and the Sahrawi Republic in 1976. He also played a major role in the Western Sahara War and establishment of MINURSO, the UN peacekeeping mission for the Western Sahara.

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