About Ahmed Dini Ahmed
Lived 1932 – 2004 (aged 71–72). Ahmed Dini Ahmed was a politician and minister.
Ahmed Dini Ahmed (, ; 1932 – 12 September 2004) was a Djiboutian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Djibouti. He was trained as a health technician and entered the political realm at age 26.
He served as Vice-president of the Representative Council of French Somaliland from April 1959 to June 1960, he was a member of the government of Ali Aref Bourhan in 1962–1964, he then participated in the foundation of the Afar Democratic Union (UDA). He was Minister of Home Affairs until 1971. In 1975, he became spokesman for the new African People's League for Independence (LPAI), led by Hassan Gouled Aptidon. He was elected President of National Assembly from 13 May 1977 to 13 July 1977. He was succeeded by Saad Warsama Dirie.
In July 1977, he became the Prime Minister of the newly independent Djibouti. In December, after the bombing of the Palm in Zinc, and the consequent ban on the Movement for the Liberation (MPL), he resigned and returned to the opposition. Following independence, Ahmed became Prime Minister as well Minister in charge of Urban and Regional Planning (Aménagement du territoire) and the Creation of New Resources in July 1977. He resigned from the position six months later after clashing with President Hassan Gouled Aptidon.
Later years He led FRUD in its armed struggle against the government, which began in 1991. He led the movement that engaged in a desert war against Issa domination which surfaced soon after independence was established. while Ahmed continued to lead a radical faction which vowed to continue to fight. The radical faction held a congress in late September 1994 and elected Dini as head of its executive committee.
In the January 2003 parliamentary election, he was the first candidate on the candidate list of the opposition coalition, the Union for a Democratic Alternative (UAD), in the District of Djibouti; however, the coalition did not win any seats.
He died on 12 September 2004 at a French military hospital in Djibouti.
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Who was Ahmed Dini Ahmed?
Prime Minister of Djibouti (1932–2004)
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Ahmed Dini Ahmed was born in 1932 in Mabla Mountains.
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Ahmed Dini Ahmed died on 12 September 2004 in Djibouti.
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Ahmed Dini Ahmed was a politician and minister.
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Ahmed Dini Ahmed's recorded nationality: Djibouti.
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