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Djiboutian politician (1931–1993)
Abdoulkader Waberi Askar
President of the National Assembly
In office
May 1979 – 10 February 1993
Preceded bySaad Warsama Dirie
Succeeded bySaid Ibrahim Badoul
Personal details
Born1931
Died10 February 1993 (aged 62)
Paris, France
Political partyRPP
ProfessionPolitician · journalist

Abdoulkader Waberi Askar (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.

Biography

Askar was born in 1931. He was from the Somali clan of Issa. He was by profession a journalist, and he worked as a presenter for Radio-France Outre-mer in Djibouti from 1956 to 1961.

Askar was active in politics, being a strong advocate of Djiboutian independence, as they were at the time a territory of France. As of 1976, he was serving as the Minister of the Civil Service. He also held ministerial positions as Minister of Finance and Minister of the Economy. While Djibouti was still a territory, Askar served in its Chamber of Deputies. He was a member of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP) party.

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. He was regularly re-elected the president of the legislature and his service in the position ended up spanning 14 years.

Askar fell ill and was transported to a hospital in Paris, France, on 22 December 1992. He later died there on 10 February 1993, at the age of 62. After his death, the government announced a three-day mourning period, also declaring the prohibition of all political demonstrations, sporting and cultural events during that time. He was succeeded as president of the National Assembly by Said Ibrahim Badoul.

Notes

  1. Also spelled Abdelkader Waberi Askar in some sources.

References

  1. Législature 73-78. Legislature of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. 1974. pp. 21–22.
  2. ^ "Unknown title". Africa Research Bulletin. 30: 10,844. 1993.
  3. ^ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee (in German). Vol. 1. Hamburger Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht und Auswärtige Politik. 1976. p. VII.
  4. "Report On Closing Meeting Of Chamber Of Deputies". Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa (1655–1670). Joint Publications Research Service: 12. 19 June 1976.
  5. Europa Year Book 1991. Vol. 32. Europa Publications. 1991. p. 907.
  6. ^ "Les Anciens Presidents" [Former Presidents] (in French). National Assembly. 19 April 2016 – via Wayback Machine.
  7. "Abdelkader Waberi Askar". Bulletin of the Inter-parliamentary Union. Inter-Parliamentary Union: 33. 1993.
  8. "DJIBOUTI : décès du président de l'Assemblée nationale" [DJIBOUTI: death of the president of the National Assembly]. Le Monde (in French). 12 February 1993.
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