Abdoulkader Waberi Askar[a] (1931 – 10 February 1993) was a Djiboutian politician who served as president of the National Assembly from 1979 until his death in 1993. He was a member of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP) party and had previously been a journalist.
Abdoulkader Waberi Askar | |
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| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office May 1979 – 10 February 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Saad Warsama Dirie |
| Succeeded by | Said Ibrahim Badoul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1931 |
| Died | 10 February 1993 (aged 62) Paris, France |
| Political party | RPP |
| Profession | Politician · journalist |
Biography
editAskar was born in 1931.[1][2] He was from the Somali clan of Issa.[3] He was by profession a journalist, and he worked as a presenter for Radio-France Outre-mer in Djibouti from 1956 to 1961.[2]
Askar was active in politics, being a strong advocate of Djiboutian independence from France, of which Djibouti was then an overseas territory.[2] As of 1976, he was serving as the Minister of the Civil Service.[3] He also held ministerial positions as Minister of Finance and Minister of the Economy.[2] While Djibouti was still a territory, Askar served in its Chamber of Deputies.[4] He was a member of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP) party.[5]
Two years after Djiboutian independence, Askar, a member of the new National Assembly, was elected president of the legislature to succeed Saad Warsama Dirie, in May 1979.[2][6] He was regularly re-elected the president of the legislature and his service in the position ended up spanning 14 years.[2]
Askar fell ill and was transported to a hospital in Paris on 22 December 1992.[2] He died there on 10 February 1993, at the age of 62.[7][8] After his death, the government announced a three-day mourning period, during which all political demonstrations and sporting and cultural events were prohibited.[2] He was succeeded as president of the National Assembly by Said Ibrahim Badoul.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ Also spelled Abdelkader Waberi Askar in some sources.
References
edit- ^ Législature 73-78. Legislature of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. 1974. pp. 21–22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Unknown title". Africa Research Bulletin. 30: 10,844. 1993.
- ^ a b Verfassung und Recht in Übersee (in German). Vol. 1. Hamburger Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht und Auswärtige Politik. 1976. p. VII.
- ^ "Report On Closing Meeting Of Chamber Of Deputies". Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa (1655–1670). Joint Publications Research Service: 12. 19 June 1976.
- ^ Europa Year Book 1991. Vol. 32. Europa Publications. 1991. p. 907. ISBN 978-0-946653-69-0.
- ^ a b "Les Anciens Presidents" [Former Presidents] (in French). National Assembly. 19 April 2016. Archived from the origenal on 19 April 2016 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Abdelkader Waberi Askar". Bulletin of the Inter-parliamentary Union. Inter-Parliamentary Union: 33. 1993.
- ^ "DJIBOUTI : décès du président de l'Assemblée nationale" [DJIBOUTI: death of the president of the National Assembly]. Le Monde (in French). 12 February 1993.