Brahim Ghali

Brahim Ghali
Brahim Ghali
إبراهيم غالي
	Ghali in 2019
3rd President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 July 2016
Prime Minister	Abdelkader Taleb Omar; Mohamed Wali Akeik; Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Preceded by	Khatri Addouh (interim)
Sahrawi Ambassador to Algeria
	In office; 5 June 2010 – 12 July 2016
Prime Minister	Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Preceded by	Mohamed Yeslem Beissat
Succeeded by	Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Sahrawi Ambassador to Spain
	In office; September 1999 – February 2008
Prime Minister	Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun; Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Preceded by	Omar Mansour
Succeeded by	Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Minister of Defense
	In office; 5 March 1976 – 5 March 2005
Prime Minister	Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed; Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Mohamed Lamine Bouhali
Personal details
Born	19 August 1949 (age 74); Smara, Spanish West Africa
Nationality	Spanish; Sahrawi
Political party	Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab (1969–1970); Polisario Front

Brahim Ghali (/ˈɡɑːli/) (Arabic: إبراهيم غالي, romanized: Ibrāhīm Ġālī, born 19 August 1949) is a Sahrawi politician, military officer and current president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), formerly its ambassador to Algeria and Spain.^[2]^[3]

Ghali played a key role in the struggle of the Sahrawi people for self-determination and independence from Morocco. He was instrumental in the creation of the Movement for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab,^[4] the 1970 Zemla Intifada against Spanish rule,^[5] the foundation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Polisario Front) in 1973, and the Sahrawi Republic in 1976. He also played a major role in the Western Sahara War and establishment of MINURSO, the UN peacekeeping mission for the Western Sahara.

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