Mohamed Dini Farah Explained

Mohamed Dini Farah (Somali: Maxamed Diini Faarax) (born 1943[1]) is a Djiboutian politician. He is a former minister and President of the Parliamentary Group of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP), currently serving as a deputy in the National Assembly of Djibouti.

Farah was born in Tadjourah. He was Minister of the Civil Service and Administrative Reform from 8 June 1995 to 19 April 1997,[1] then Minister of Public Works.[1] [2] Farah was elected to the National Assembly in the December 1997 parliamentary election[1] as the second candidate on the joint candidate list of the RPP and the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) in Tadjourah Region.[3] Following this election, he was appointed as Minister of Justice, in charge of Human Rights, on 28 December 1997.[2] [4]

Farah was subsequently appointed as Minister of Health on 12 May 1999.[5] He was re-elected in the January 2003 parliamentary election[1] as the second candidate on the candidate list of the governing coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), in Tadjourah Region.[6] In the National Assembly, he became the President of the RPP Parliamentary Group.[1]

In addition to serving on the RPP Central Committee,[1] Farah was elected to the RPP Executive Committee as the party's National Secretary for Youth on 3 July 2003.[7] He is also Honorary President of the RPP National Youth League as of 2003.[8]

In the February 2008 parliamentary election, Farah was the 13th candidate on the candidate list of the governing coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), in the District of Djibouti.[9] He was re-elected to a seat, and after the election, he was appointed as President of the National Defense and Security Commission in the National Assembly on 25 February 2008.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Short CV at National Assembly website . 2005-12-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051202014207/http://www.assemblee-nationale.dj/quiestqui.html . December 2, 2005 . fr. .
  2. "Djibouti: new government formed", AFP (nl.newsbank.com), 28 December 1997.
  3. 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."
  4. http://www.presidence.dj/LES%20TEXTES/decr0191pr97.htm "Décret n°97-0191/PRE portant remaniement des membres du Gouvernement et fixant leurs attributions."
  5. http://www.presidence.dj/page1229.html "Décret n°99-0059/PRE portant nomination des membres du Gouvernement et fixant leurs attributions"
  6. 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."
  7. http://www.adi.dj/archives/adi0703/adi4403D030703.htm "Liste du nouveau Comité exécutif du Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès"
  8. http://www.adi.dj/archives/adi0203/adi3654D090203.htm "La Ligue Nationale de la Jeunesse organise une cérémonie de remerciement au Palais du peuple"
  9. 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"
  10. http://www.adi.dj/fr/services.php?m=article&id=10156&a=1 "Désignation des présidents des Commissions de l’Assemblée Nationale"