Ougoureh Kifleh Ahmed

Who is Ougoureh Kifleh Ahmed?

Ougoureh Kifleh Ahmed is a Djiboutian politician. He is currently the Minister of Defense and the Secretary-General of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy.

Kifleh Ahmed was born in Dikhil. FRUD, an Afar rebel group, split in 1994, when Kifleh Ahmed announced an internal revolt and the establishment of new leadership, saying that the new leadership would enter negotiations with the government to end the civil war. The old leadership rejected this and expelled Kifleh Ahmed from FRUD in early May 1994. Kifleh Ahmed became the Secretary-General of the moderate faction of FRUD, in opposition to the radical faction, which opposed negotiations. He signed a peace agreement between his faction and the government on 26 December 1994. He was subsequently appointed to the government as Minister of Agriculture and Hydraulics on 8 June 1995. He was elected to the National Assembly in the December 1997 parliamentary election as the 11th candidate on the joint candidate list of the People's Rally for Progress and FRUD for Dikhil Region. Following this election, he was moved to the post of Minister of the Civil Service and Administrative Reform on 28 December 1997.