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This is a list of notable Somalis from Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia as well as the Somali diaspora This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Name (Birth–Death) Election Term of office Political party Took office Left office • French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (1967–1977) 1 Ali Aref Bourhan (born 1934) 1968 1973: 7 July 1967 29 July 1976 National Union for Independence 2 Abdallah Mohamed Kamil (born 1936) — 29 July 1976 18 May 1977 Afar Democratic Rally
The history of Djibouti is recorded in the poetry and songs of its nomadic people, and goes back thousands of years to a time when the peoples of Djibouti traded hides and skins for the perfumes and spices of ancient Egypt, India, and China. Afar Oral Literature is also quite musical.
Djibouti gained its independence on June 27, 1977. The Djibouti area, along with other localities in the Horn region, was later the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Somali and Afar Sultans with the French.
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This list is complete through 1998. Hassan Gouled Aptidon, president (1978) [6] Robert Baden-Powell (1982) [7] Alexander Graham Bell (1977, as an overprint on a stamp of the French Territory of the Afars and Issas) [8] Louis Blériot (1984) [9] Charles, Prince of Wales (1981) [10] Christopher Columbus, explorer (1991) [11] James Cook, explorer ...
The culture of the Republic of Djibouti is diverse due to the nation's Red Sea location at a crossroads of trade and commerce.. Djiboutian population is divided into several human components: the Issa and the Anfar, the Muslim religion for the most part, that are traditionally attached to anthropological group Hamitic.
This is a list of presidents of Djibouti. Since the establishment of the office of president in 1977, there have been two presidents. The president is both head of state and head of government of Djibouti and the commander-in-chief of the Djibouti Armed Forces. The current president is Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, since 1999.