Ahmed Mohamed Hassan

Ahmed Mohamed Hassan (born 1945 [http://web.archive.org/web/20051202014207/http://www.assemblee-nationale.dj/quiestqui.html Short CV at National Assembly website] (2005 archive) fr icon.] ) is a Djiboutian politician. He is a member of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP) and has served in the National Assembly of Djibouti as well as the Pan-African Parliament.

At the roundtable talks in Paris regarding Djibouti's independence in 1977, Hassan was the spokesman of the Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast. A doctor by profession, he was a member of the National Assembly of Djibouti from 1977 to 1982. He was later Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Health from May 1994 to April 1996. Subsequently he was Director of the Peltier General Hospital—the country's main hospital, located in the city of Djibouti [ [http://www.irinnews.org/country.aspx?CountryCode=DJ&RegionCode=HOA "Republic of DJIBOUTI: Humanitarian Country Profile"] , IRIN, February 2007 (accessed September 28, 2008).] —from August 1996 to December 1997.

Hassan was elected to the National Assembly again in the December 1997 parliamentary election as the 13th candidate on the joint candidate list of the RPP and the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) in Djibouti Region. [ [http://www.presidence.dj/LES%20TEXTES/decr0175pr97.htm "Décret n°97-0175/PRE abrogeant et remplaçant le décret n°97-0170/PRE portant publication des listes de candidats et ouverture de la campagne électorale pour les élections législatives du 19 décembre 1997."] , "Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti", 16 December 1997 fr icon.] He was re-elected in the January 2003 parliamentary election as the 14th candidate on the candidate list of the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP) coalition in Djibouti Region. [ [http://www.presidence.dj/LES%20TEXTES/decr0261pr02.htm "Décret n°2002-0261/PR/MID Portant publication des listes des candidats en vue des élections législatives du vendredi 10 janvier 2003."] , "Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti", 25 December 2002 fr icon.] Following this election, Hassan was elected as the Second Vice-President of the National Assembly on 21 January 2008. [ [http://www.adi.dj/archives/adi0103/adi3533D210103.htm "M.Idriss Arnaoud Ali, 58 ans, nouveau président de l’Assemblée nationale"] , ADI, 21 January 2003 fr icon.]

On 10 March 2004, Hassan was chosen by the National Assembly as one of Djibouti's initial five members of the Pan-African Parliament. [ [http://www.adi.dj/archives/adi0204/adi5317d100304.htm "Tenue d'une session extraordinaire de l'Assemblée Nationale"] , ADI, 10 March 2004 fr icon.] [ [http://www.lanation.dj/news/2004/ln30/national.htm "Trois projets de lois adoptés en session extraordinaire"] , "La Nation", 11 March 2004 fr icon.]

Hassan was not included on the UMP's candidate list for the February 2008 parliamentary election, [ [http://www.adi.dj/fr/services.php?m=article&id=10045&a=1 "Liste des 65 candidats de l’UMP pour les législatives de février 2008"] , ADI, 22 January 2008 fr icon.] but subsequently he was appointed as an ambassador on 1 April 2008. [ [http://www.presidence.dj/communique/communique.php?num=9&date=2008-04-01 "Communiqué de la 9ème Séance du Mardi 1er avril 2008"] , Presidency website fr icon.]

ee also

* List of members of the Pan-African Parliament

References