| Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun | |
| Office4: | Sahrawi Ambassador to Algeria |
| Term Start4: | 2016 |
| Term End4: | 17 March 2018 |
| Primeminister4: | Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
| Predecessor4: | Brahim Gali |
| Successor4: | Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
| Office: | Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Term Start: | 13 January 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Mohamed Wali Akeik |
| President: | Brahim Ghali |
| Term Start3: | 19 September 1993 |
| Term End3: | 8 September 1995 |
| Predecessor3: | Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
| Successor3: | Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
| Term Start2: | 10 February 1999 |
| Term End2: | 29 October 2003 |
| Predecessor2: | Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
| Successor2: | Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
| Office5: | Minister for Economic Development and Commerce |
| Term Start5: | 1995 |
| Term End5: | 1999 |
| Primeminister5: | Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
| Successor5: | Larabas Said Joumani |
| Office6: | Minister of Interior |
| Term Start6: | 1999 |
| Term End6: | 2003 |
| Primeminister6: | Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun |
| Successor6: | Mohamed Lamin Dedi |
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Dakhla, Spanish Sahara |
| Residence: | Madrid, Spain |
| Alma Mater: | University of Havana, Cuba |
| Occupation: | Diplomat, Politician |
| Party: | POLISARIO |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun (in ; born 9 July 1954) is a Sahrawi politician and has been Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic since 13 January 2020.[1] He was a former ambassador to Algeria, with a base in Algiers.
He has been Prime minister of the Sahrawi Republic twice.[2] [3]
Bouchraya was born at Dakhla in 1954. He studied Economics at the University of Havana, Cuba. He speaks Hassaniya (a variety of Arabic) & Spanish. He has held various positions in the Sahrawi government in exile. He started off his political career as the Minister of Trade and Development, when the former education minister Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed became the Prime Minister in December 1985.[4] [5]
He was selected as the Prime Minister in 1993 and served for a two-year term. He then served as the Economic Development & Trade Minister. He subsequently became the Prime Minister again between 1999 and 2003, during which he also served as the Minister of Interior.[6] [7]
Bouchraya called for a renewed emphasis on United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara's mandate during his second Prime Ministerial tenure and pledged to accept the outcome of a free referendum regardless of whether the popular opinion was for integrating with Morocco. He was also critical of the new king Mohammed VI of Morocco, who he claimed was violating the rights of the Sahrawi people.[8]
Bouchraya was appointed as the POLISARIO representative for Spain in 2008 replacing Brahim Ghali, who became the Sahrawi Republic ambassador in Algiers. When Brahim Ghali became the president of SADR, Bouchraya replaced him as the SADR representative at Algiers.[9] [10]