Ahmed Dini Ahmed
Ahmed Dini Ahmed (Afar: Acmad Diini Acmad, Arabic: أحمد ديني أحمد; 1932 – 12 September 2004) was a Djiboutian politician. He was trained as a health technician and entered the political realm at age 26.
Ahmed Dini Ahmed | |
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أحمد ديني أحمد | |
Ahmed in 1977 | |
| 2nd Prime Minister of Djibouti | |
| In office 12 July 1977 – 5 February 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Hassan Gouled Aptidon |
| Succeeded by | Abdallah Mohamed Kamil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1932 Mount Mabla, French Somaliland (present-day Djibouti) |
| Died | 12 September 2004 Djibouti City, Djibouti |
| Political party | MPL, UDA |
He served as Vice-president of the Representative Council of French Somaliland from April 1959 to June 1960, he was a member of the government of Ali Aref Bourhan in 1962–1964, he then participated in the foundation of the Afar Democratic Union (UDA). He is Minister of Home Affairs until 1971. In 1975, he became spokesman for the new African People's League for Independence (LPAI), led by Hassan Gouled Aptidon. He was elected President of National Assembly from May 1977 to July 1977. He was later Prime Minister of Djibouti from 1977 to 1978. In July 1977, he became Prime Minister of the new Republic of Djibouti. In December, after the bombing of the Palm in Zinc, and the consequent ban on the Movement for the Liberation (MPL), he resigned and returned to the opposition. He led the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD), an Afar rebel group, during the civil war of the 1990s; after the group split in 1994, he led a radical faction of FRUD.