Ali Aref Bourhan

Ali Aref Bourhan
علي عارف برهان
Bourhan in 1971
1st President of the Government Council of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
In office
7 July 1967 – 29 July 1976
Succeeded byAbdallah Mohamed Kamil
4th Vice President of the Government Council of French Somaliland
In office
8 June 1960 – 19 October 1966
Preceded byAhmed Dini Ahmed
Succeeded byAbdallah Mohamed Kamil
Personal details
Born1934 (1934)
Tadjoura, French Somaliland
Died15 December 2025 (aged 91)
Political partyUNI

Ali Aref Bourhan (1934 – 15 December 2025) was a Djiboutian politician. He was the 1st President of the Government Council of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas from 1967 to 1976.[1][2][3]

Bourhan died on 15 December 2025 at the age of 91.[4]

References

  1. ↑ cahoon, ben. "Djibouti". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ↑ Dubois, Colette (2002-10-30). "Jacques Foccart et Ali Aref". Les Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Historiques. Archives (in French) (30). doi:10.4000/ccrh.472. ISSN 0990-9141.
  3. ↑ MORIN, Didier (2007). Pount: Corne de l’Afrique – Arabie du Sud. Sociétés en Développement dans l’Espace et dans le Temps (SEDET). p. 157. ISBN 978-2-9524964-1-4.
  4. ↑ Ali Aref Bourhan, who led Djibouti under French rule, dies at 91