Brahim Ghali
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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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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Smara
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- general secretary
- Political party
- Polisario Front
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Image
- Brahim Ghali.jpg
- Residence
- Tindouf
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- date of birth
- 1949-08-19
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- Brahim Ghali
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- Brahim Ghali
- name in native language
- إبراهيم غالي
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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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