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Ismail Omar Guelleh

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Ismail Omar Guelleh is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ismail Omar Guelleh · Ismails Omārs Guelle · Ismaïl Omar Guelleh · İsmayıl Ömər Cəlil · Ισμαήλ Ομάρ Γκουέλεχ · 14 more...				[sources]
Alias	Guelleh, Ismail Omar · Ismaël Omar Guelleh · Ismaël Omar Guellleh · İsmail Omar Guelleh · איסמאעיל עומר ג'וילה · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1947-11-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Dire Dawa				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Citizenship	Djibouti · France				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Ismail · Ismaïl				[sources]
Political association	People's Rally for Progress				[sources]
Title	Son Excellence				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57390				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	President · President of Djibouti (1999-) · Président de la République de Djibouti et Chef du Gouvernement				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-01	Last processed	2026-04-01	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Djibouti (1999-present)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kadra Mahamoud Haid PEP	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President	-	-
President of Djibouti

Data sources

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,075

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US CIA World Leaders10,941

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,202

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,442

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,259

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Wikidata327,964

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-405fb85feb2556906811651b5400bb77cd16a094 · us-cia-djibouti-ismail-omar-guelleh-president · unprot-285aa961df4fca7af920222f3edc24d86ebd1abc

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