Ahmed Boulaleh Barreh

Ahmed Boulaleh Barreh, (; 1929–2010), also known as Gabayo, was a Djiboutian politician. He was the Vice-President of the People's Social Democratic Party (PPSD) and a member of the National Assembly of Djibouti.

Life and career Boulaleh was born in Ali-Sabieh He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1977 and was continuously re-elected during the subsequent 20 years. and was the National Assembly's representative on the Administrative Council of the Autonomous Port of Djibouti until 13 August 1992. In the December 1992 parliamentary election, he was the second candidate on the candidate list of the governing People's Rally for Progress (RPP) for the city of Djibouti. Following this election, he was moved to the post of Minister of National Defense on 4 February 1993.

After their dismissal, Farah and Boulaleh went into opposition and founded the Group for Democracy and the Republic, which was headed by Farah. and their parliamentary immunity was lifted on 15 June 1996 so that they could be tried on this charge. They appealed the lifting of their parliamentary immunity to the Constitutional Council on 20 June, and it responded favorably in a decision on 31 July 1996. Despite this, they were sentenced to six months in prison on 7 August 1996. They were also fined 200,000 Djiboutian francs and deprived of their civic rights for five years, thereby barring them from seeking election to the National Assembly during that time. On 1 October 2001, he and the others convicted of insulting the Head of State in 1996 were granted an amnesty. Boulaleh became Vice-President of the PPSD and was elected to the National Assembly in the January 2003 parliamentary election As the oldest member of the National Assembly, he presided over the first sitting of the new parliamentary term, at which Idriss Arnaoud Ali was elected as President of the National Assembly, on 21 January 2003.

In the February 2008 parliamentary election, Boulaleh was the 11th candidate on the UMP's candidate list for the city of Djibouti, and he was re-elected. As the oldest member, he again presided over the first sitting of the new parliamentary term on 20 February 2008. Barreh died in 2010.