Ismail Omar Guelleh was first elected president of Djibouti in 1999; he was the successor to his uncle Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who had decided to step down after having held that position since the country gained independence in 1977. Guelleh has since won reelection in 2005, 2011, 2016, 2021, and 2026 in elections that were boycotted by some or all of the opposition groups; in the 2005 election he was the only candidate.
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