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Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun

Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
بشرايا حمودي بيون
Bouchraya in 2012
Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 January 2020
President	Brahim Ghali
Preceded by	Mohamed Wali Akeik
In office 10 February 1999 – 29 October 2003
Preceded by	Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Succeeded by	Abdelkader Taleb Omar
In office 19 September 1993 – 8 September 1995
Preceded by	Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Succeeded by	Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Sahrawi Ambassador to Algeria
In office 2016 – 17 March 2018
Prime Minister	Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Preceded by	Brahim Gali
Succeeded by	Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Minister for Economic Development and Commerce
In office 1995–1999
Prime Minister	Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Succeeded by	Larabas Said Joumani
Minister of Interior
In office 1999–2003
Prime Minister	Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Succeeded by	Mohamed Lamin Dedi
Personal details
Born	(1954-07-09) 9 July 1954 (age 70)[citation needed] Dakhla, Spanish Sahara
Political party	POLISARIO
Residence(s)	Madrid,  Spain
Alma mater	University of Havana, Cuba
Occupation	Diplomat, Politician

Politics of the SADR
Constitution Nationality law
Executive President Brahim Gali Prime Minister Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Legislature Sahrawi National Council President: Hamma Salama
Judiciary Constitutional Council Supreme Court Court of Appeal Judicial system
Politics Parties: Polisario Front
Administrative divisions Free Zones Municipalities Sahrawi refugee camps
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2016 2019 2023 Legislative: 2016 2020 2023
Foreign relations International recognition Political status of Western Sahara Western Sahara conflict ICJ Advisory Opinion Diplomatic missions of / to the SADR Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun (inArabic: بشرايا حمودي بيون, romanized: Bušrāyā Ḥammūdī Bayūn; born 9 July 1954) is a Sahrawi politician and has been Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic since 13 January 2020.^[1] He was a former ambassadortoAlgeria, with a base in Algiers.

He has been Prime minister of the Sahrawi Republic twice.^[2][3]

Career[edit]

Bouchraya was born at Dakhla in 1954.^{[citation needed]} He studied Economics at the University of Havana, Cuba. He speaks Hassaniya (a variety of Arabic) & Spanish. He has held various positions in the Sahrawi government in exile. He started off his political career as the Minister of Trade and Development, when the former education minister Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed became the Prime Minister in December 1985.^[4][5]

He was selected as the Prime Minister in 1993 and served for a two-year term. He then served as the Economic Development & Trade Minister. He subsequently became the Prime Minister again between 1999 and 2003, during which he also served as the Minister of Interior.^[6][7]

Bouchraya called for a renewed emphasis on United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara's mandate during his second Prime Ministerial tenure and pledged to accept the outcome of a free referendum regardless of whether the popular opinion was for integrating with Morocco. He was also critical of the new king Mohammed VI of Morocco, who he claimed was violating the rights of the Sahrawi people.^[8]

Bouchraya was appointed as the POLISARIO representative for Spain in 2008 replacing Brahim Ghali, who became the Sahrawi Republic ambassador in Algiers. When Brahim Ghali became the president of SADR, Bouchraya replaced him as the SADR representative at Algiers.^{[9][10][4][3]}

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