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Hassan Gouled Aptidon
Hassan Gouled Aptidon was an Issa Somali politician who represented French Somaliland in the French parliament and later led the campaign for independence. He became the first president of Djibouti at independence in 1977 and ruled until 1999. His People's Rally for Progress became the only legal party in 1981, and his rule faced an Afar rebellion from 1991. His nephew Ismaïl Omar Guelleh succeeded him.
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