Isaias Afwerki

Isaias Afwerki
President of Eritrea
Assumed office
27 April 1991
Preceded byPosition established
President of the National Assembly
Assumed office
24 May 1993
Preceded byTedla Bairu
Leader of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice
Assumed office
15 June 1994
Preceded byPosition established
Leader of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front
In office
4 October 1978 – 15 June 1994
Preceded byRomodan Mohammed Nur
Succeeded bySebhat Ephrem
Personal details
Born (1946-02-02) 2 February 1946
Asmara, Eritrea
Political partyPeople's Front for Democracy and Justice
Spouse(s)Saba Haile[1]
Children3
Alma materAddis Ababa University
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Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ; born February 2, 1946) is an Eritrean politician. Isaias became the first (and only) President of Eritrea in 1993.

Political Career

After being elected president of Eritrea, in 1992, Isaias had a referendum on if Eritrea should become independent from Ethiopia and made it a law that everyone had to vote. Witnesses didn’t vote because it’s against their religion so Isaias had them arrested.

In 2010, Isaias said the next elections would be in “three or four decades” or “maybe more.”

References

  1. ↑ "Isaias Afwerki's Biography". News. 12 February 2010.

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