Africa & Middle East · reference
🇩🇯 Djibouti
Presidential republic under dominant-party rule
SystemPresidential republic under dominant-party rule
Head of statePresident Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, in power since 1999
Head of governmentPrime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
LegislatureNational Assembly · 65 seats
ElectionsElections are held but most opposition parties boycott and the ruling coalition wins overwhelmingly
Last election2026-04-10 · presidential election, a sixth term for Guelleh
Next election2028-02 · legislative election due
A 2025 constitutional amendment removed the age cap that would have barred Guelleh, who has ruled since succeeding his uncle in 1999, from a sixth term. The small state's location on the Bab-el-Mandeb strait makes it host to military bases of the United States, China, France, Japan and others, its chief source of revenue alongside ports serving Ethiopia. Political life offers little space for dissent.
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