Back Brahim Ghali AMI إبراهيم غالي Arabic Brahim Gali Catalan Brahim Ghali German Μπραχίμ Γκάλι Greek Brahim Gali Spanish Brahim Ghali Basque ابراهیم غالی Persian Brahim Ghali French בראהים ע'אלי HE
Brahim Ghali | |
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إبراهيم غالي | |
 Ghali in 2019 | |
| 3rd President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | |
| 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 Smara, Spanish West Africa |
| Nationality | Sahrawi Spanish[1] |
| 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.
- ^ González, Miguel (24 September 2021). "El documento que acredita la nacionalidad española de Gali desde 2004" (in Spanish). El País. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Ambassador Brahim Gali condoles family of Abdelhamid Mehri". Sahara Press Service. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "The Polisario accused AQIM of kidnapping 3 Europeans". Ennahar online. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Declaración de Mohamed Bassir (1970)". Desaparecidos.org. Retrieved 5 September 2012. (in Spanish),
- ^ "Brahim Gali". Diario Vasco. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2012. (in Spanish)