1999 Djiboutian presidential election

1999 Djiboutian presidential election

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Nominee Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Ahmed-Idriss Moussa
Party RPP Independent
Alliance UMP
Popular vote 76,853 26,972
Percentage 74.02% 25.98%

Results by region

President before election

Hassan Gouled Aptidon
RPP

Elected President

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
RPP

Presidential elections were held in Djibouti on 9 April 1999. Following the retirement of Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who had served as President since independence in 1977, his nephew Ismail Omar Guelleh won the nomination of the ruling People's Rally for Progress. His only opponent was Ahmed-Idriss Moussa who ran as an independent, with the support of the National Democratic Party-Democratic Renewal Party coalition. The result was victory for Guelleh, who won 74% of the vote.[1]

  1. ^ Elections in Djibouti African Elections Database