List of presidents of Djibouti

President of Djibouti
Madaxaweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Djibouti
رئيس جيبوتي
Coat of Arms
since 8 May 1999
Type
AbbreviationPOD
ResidencePresidential Palace, Djibouti
SeatDjibouti
Term lengthFive years,
renewable
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Djibouti (1992)
Inaugural holderHassan Gouled Aptidon
Formation27 June 1977 (1977-06-27)
SalaryFdj1,777,200 / US$10,000 annually[1]
Websitehttps://www.presidence.dj/

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.

Overview

The first president of Djibouti was Hassan Gouled Aptidon, one of the leaders of the Ligue Populaire Africaine pour l'Indépendance (LPAI), who took office on 27 June 1977, the day on which Djibouti was declared a republic.

Term limits

There was a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Djibouti. This limit was lifted in 2010.[2]

List of officeholders

Political parties
  People's Rally for Progress (PRP)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Elected Term of office Political party
(Coalition)
Took office Left office Time in office
• Republic of Djibouti (1977–present) •
1 Hassan Gouled Aptidon
(1916–2006) 		1981
1987
1993 		27 June 1977 8 May 1999 21 years, 315 days RPP
2 Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
(born 1947)[a] 		1999
2005
2011
2016
2021
2026 		8 May 1999 Incumbent 26 years, 356 days RPP
(UMP)

Timeline

Ismaïl Omar GuellehHassan Gouled Aptidon

Latest election

When 6% of all votes were counted,[3] an AFP tally of early partial results covering 38 polling stations in Djibouti City indicated that incumbent president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh was leading with 96.47% of the vote, while CDU candidate Mohamed Farah Samatar followed second with 3.52% of the vote.[4]

Later preliminary figures published by the Ministry of the Interior revealed that Guelleh won re-election to a sixth term in office, winning 97.81% of the vote, while Samatar took 2.19% of the vote.[5] Turnout in the election was reportedly 80.33%.[6] The results were confirmed by the Constitutional Council on 21 April, which showed that Guelleh was reelected with 97.01% of the vote, followed by Samatar with 2.99%.[7]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ismaïl Omar GuellehPeople's Rally for Progress204,87497.01
Mohamed Farah SamatarUnified Democratic Centre6,3182.99
Total211,192100.00
Valid votes211,19298.05
Invalid/blank votes4,2011.95
Total votes215,393100.00
Registered voters/turnout243,20888.56
Source: Journal Officiel

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Nephew of Hassan Gouled Aptidon.

References

  1. ^ "Tables turned at Djibouti corruption trial". 29 October 2015.
  2. ^ Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
  3. ^ "Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh claims sixth-term victory". Le Monde. 11 April 2026. Archived from the original on 11 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  4. ^ "Djibouti : Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, président depuis 1999, annonce sa réélection pour un sixième mandat". Le Figaro (in French). 11 April 2026. Archived from the original on 11 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026. Selon les chiffres compilés par l'AFP à partir de ces résultats égrenés bureau par bureau par la télévision nationale portant jusqu'ici sur 38 bureaux de Djibouti-Ville, le président sortant, que les Djiboutiens surnomment de ses initiales IOG, a recueilli 96,47% des suffrages. Son adversaire Mohamed Farah Samatar, président du Centre démocrate unifié (CDU, un parti sans élu au Parlement) et personnalité peu connue de ses concitoyens, rassemble seulement 3,52% des voix sur ces bureaux.
  5. ^ "Djibouti: Ismaïl Omar Guelleh réélu avec 97,81% des voix pour un sixième mandat". RFI (in French). 11 April 2026. Archived from the original on 11 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  6. ^ "À Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh réélu pour un sixième mandat avec 97,81 % des voix". France24 (in French). 11 April 2026. Archived from the original on 11 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026. Selon ces chiffres, la participation atteint 80,33 % des quelque 260 000 inscrits.
  7. ^ "Djibouti president re-election confirmed with 97% of vote". France24. 21 April 2026. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
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