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2026 Djiboutian presidential election

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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
RPP



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Presidential elections will be held in Djibouti by April 2026. While term limits have been scrapped in 2010 following a constitutional reform, incumbent president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh who won a fifth term in 2021, having been president since 1999 is ineligible for a sixth term due to the age limit of 75 that Guelleh imposed as part of the reforms. The elections could be the first since 1993 in which Guelleh is not a candidate.

Background

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, president since 1999, was re-elected five times, most recently in 2021. While scrapping term limits in a 2010 constitutional reform, Guelleh also imposed an age limit of 75. Thus, he cannot run again in 2026 and that this term is his final term.

References

  1. "Veteran ruler Guelleh re-elected Djibouti leader for fifth term". Al Jazeera. 10 April 2021.
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