Hassan Gouled Aptidon

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Hassan Gouled Aptidon

president of Djibouti

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Ismail Omar Guelleh
Employment, pro-independence efforts, and entry into politics
…l’Indépendance; LPAI)—led by his uncle Hassan Gouled Aptidon—and he later was part of the LPAI delegation involved in negotiations with France for Djibouti’s independence, which was achieved in June 1977.
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…l’Indépendance; LPAI)—led by his uncle Hassan Gouled Aptidon—and he later was part of the LPAI delegation involved in negotiations with France for Djibouti’s independence, which was achieved in June 1977.
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Djibouti
Balancing ethnic tensions
…taking the name Djibouti, with Hassan Gouled Aptidon as president. On the eve of independence, Djibouti’s viability as a sovereign state was questionable. However, fears that the Afar and the Issa Somali would become pawns in a struggle between the republic’s rival neighbors, Ethiopia and Somalia, did not materialize. No
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…taking the name Djibouti, with Hassan Gouled Aptidon as president. On the eve of independence, Djibouti’s viability as a sovereign state was questionable. However, fears that the Afar and the Issa Somali would become pawns in a struggle between the republic’s rival neighbors, Ethiopia and Somalia, did not materialize. No
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