Oubi Buchraya Bachir Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Office:Sahrawi Ambassador to Nigeria
Term Start:25 July 2008
Primeminister:Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Predecessor:Aliyen Habib Kentaui
Office1:Sahrawi Ambassador to South Africa
Term Start1:19 April 2006
Term End1:10 February 2008
Predecessor1:Sadafa Mohamed Bahia
Successor1:Salah Abd Mohamed
Office2:Polisario Front Representative to Great Britain
Term Start2:30 October 2003
Term End2:2006
Primeminister2:Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Predecessor2:Breika Lehbib
Successor2:Sidi Mohamed Omar
Office3:Polisario Front Representative to the Netherlands
Term Start3:2001
Term End3:30 October 2003
Primeminister3:Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Oubi Buchraya Bachir
Birth Date:1970
Birth Place:Zouerate، Mouritania
Residence:Abuja,
Alma Mater:University of Paris, France
Occupation:Diplomat
Party:POLISARIO

Oubi Buchraya Bachir (born 1970 in Zouirat, Mauritania) [1] is the current Sahrawi ambassador to Nigeria, with a base in Abuja.[2] He earned a master's degree in "Conflicts, Peace and Development" at James I University in Castellón de la Plana.[3] He speaks Hassaniya (a variety of Arabic), French and Spanish.

Diplomatic postings

He started his diplomatic career in 2001, being appointed as the Sahrawi representative for the Netherlands, based in The Hague.[4] In late 2003, he moved to London, as the Sahrawi representative to the United Kingdom and Ireland.[5]

In 2006, he replaced Sadafa Mohamed Bahia as the Sahrawi ambassador to South Africa.[6] In July 2008, he replaced Aliyen Habib Kentaui, presenting this credentials as ambassador to Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.[7] Between 2010 and 2011 he acted first as special envoy[8] and then as non-resident ambassador to Ghana, until the accreditation in late 2011 of Mahayub Sidina, the first Sahrawi resident ambassador in Accra.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cemaf.cnrs.fr/IMG/xls/DoctorantsCEMAfLabintel09-6.xls Liste des doctorants - Université Paris 1
  2. News: Western Sahara: Independence Will Come For Its Oppressed People. Michael Odigbe. Weekend Observer. September 10, 2011. 2012-03-23. dead. https://archive.today/20120713155527/http://nigerianobservernews.com/10092011/features/features8.html. 2012-07-13.
  3. Web site: Máster en Estudios Internacionales de Paz, Conflictos y Desarrollo - Antiguos alumnos. Cátedra UNESCO de Filosofía para la Paz - Universitat Jaume I. 2011-11-03. es.
  4. Web site: Polisario Front representation to the Netherlands - Press statement. ARSO. 2002-03-24. 2011-11-03.
  5. News: Appointments. ARSO. 2003-10-30. 2011-11-12.
  6. Web site: Heads of diplomatic missions - Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary/High commissioners. Department of International Relations and Cooperation - South Africa. 2008-01-25. 2011-11-04.
  7. News: Nigeria committed to August 14 Bakassi handover-President Yar'Adua. Nigeria First - Office of Public Communications - State House Abuja. 2008-07-25. 2011-11-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120415013532/http://www.nigeriafirst.org/article_8324.shtml. 2012-04-15.
  8. News: Spain presses Morocco over Western Sahara deaths. BBC. 2011-11-12. 2012-03-24. "Oubi Bachir, Sahrawi special envoy to Ghana, told the BBC that many in the camp were in urgent need of help."