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Isaias Afwerki

In this Eritrean name, the name Afwerki is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Isaias.

Isaias Afwerki
ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ
Isaias in 2024
President of Eritrea
Assumed office
24 May 1993[1]
Preceded byPosition established
President of the National Assembly
Assumed office
24 May 1993
Preceded byPosition established
Chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice
Assumed office
16 February 1994
Preceded byPosition established
Secretary-General of the Provisional Government of Eritrea
In office
27 April 1991 – 24 May 1993
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Leader of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front
In office
12 January 1987 – 16 February 1994
Preceded byRomodan Mohammed Nur
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1946-02-02) 2 February 1946 (age 78)
Asmara, Eritrea[a]
Political partyPeople's Front for Democracy and Justice
SpouseSaba Haile
Children
  • Abraham
  • Elsa
  • Berhane
Signature
Military service
AllegianceELF (1967–1969)
EPLF (1970–1994)
Battles/warsEritrean War of Independence
Eritrean Civil Wars

Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, pronounced [isajas afwɐrkʼi] ⓘ; born 2 February 1946)[2] is an Eritrean politician and partisan who has been the president of Eritrea since shortly after he led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) to victory on 24 May 1991, ending the 30-year-old war for independence from Ethiopia.[3] In addition to being president, Isaias has been the chairman of Eritrea's sole legal political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). As Eritrea has never had a functioning constitution, no elections, no legislature and no published budget, Isaias has been the sole power in the country, controlling its judiciary and military.[4] Hence, scholars and historians have long considered him to be a dictator,[5][6][7][8] described his regime as totalitarian, by way of forced conscription; the United Nations and Amnesty International cited him for human rights violations.[9][10] In 2022, Reporters Without Borders ranked Eritrea, under the government of Isaias, last out of 180 countries in its Press Freedom Index. In 2023 Eritrea ranked 174th out of 180 countries on the Press Freedom Index.[11]

  1. ^ Connell & Killion 2011, p. xl
  2. ^ "President: Isaias Afwerki". BBC News. The BBC. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ^ Perlez, Jane (16 June 1991). "Eritreans, Fresh From Victory, Must Now Govern". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ de Waal, Alex (2 September 2022). "The Despotism of Isaias Afewerki". The Baffler. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. ^ "OHCHR Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea". OHCHR. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. ^ Human Rights Watch (12 January 2017), "Eritrea: Events of 2016", English, archived from the original on 23 August 2018, retrieved 20 November 2022
  7. ^ Keane, Fergal (9 July 2018). "Can Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed make peace with 'Africa's North Korea'?". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  8. ^ Taylor, Adam (12 June 2015). "The brutal dictatorship the world keeps ignoring". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  9. ^ Cumming-Bruce, Nick (8 June 2015). "Torture and Other Rights Abuses Are Widespread in Eritrea, U.N. Panel Says". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2019. has imposed a reign of fear through systematic and extreme abuses of the population that may amount to crimes against humanity
  10. ^ "Eritrea: Rampant repression 20 years after independence". Amnesty International. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  11. ^ "2021 World Press Freedom Index". RSF - Reporters without borders. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.


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