Brahim Ghali
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.
Brahim Ghali | |
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إبراهيم غالي | |
Ghali in 2019 | |
| 3rd President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | |
| Assumed office 12 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdelkader Taleb Omar Mohamed Wali Akeik Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun |
| Preceded by | Khatri Addouh (interim) |
| Sahrawi Ambassador to Algeria | |
| In office 5 June 2010 – 12 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Yeslem Beissat |
| Succeeded by | Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
| Sahrawi Ambassador to Spain | |
| In office September 1999 – February 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
| Preceded by | Omar Mansour |
| Succeeded by | Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 5 March 1976 – 5 March 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Lamine Bouhali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1949 Smara, Spanish West Africa |
| Nationality | Spanish Sahrawi |
| Political party | Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab (1969–1970) Polisario Front |
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.