Hassan Gouled Aptidon
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Hassan Gouled Aptidon 🇩🇯

Hassan Gouled Aptidon (Known as "Gouled")
First President of Republic of Djibouti, RPA Leader, Peacemaker
Born 1916-10-15 🇩🇯 Lughaya, Djibouti
Passed Away 2006-11-21 Djibouti City, Djibouti
Lifespan 90 years old
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"Our diversity is our richness; let us guard the peace of our port and the brotherhood of our sands."

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First President of the Republic of Djibouti (1977–1999) who led the nation to independence from France and maintained stability as a regional mediator in the Horn of Africa.

Biographical Record

Hassan Gouled Aptidon was born on October 15, 1916, in Lughaya. Entering politics in French Somaliland, he was elected to the French Senate in 1952 and the French National Assembly in 1959.

In 1974, Gouled formed the Ligue Populaire Africaine pour l'Independance (LPAI), uniting the Afar and Somali Issa communities in the struggle for self-determination. In May 1977, an overwhelming referendum supported sovereignty, and on June 27, 1977, Gouled became the first President of the Republic of Djibouti. Balancing complex geopolitical pressures at the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, he preserved peace and hosted IGAD headquarters before retiring peacefully from power in 1999.

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Djibouti Central Cemetery
Djibouti City, Djibouti
GPS: 11.5883, 43.1450
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