Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun

Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun is the Polisario Front representative to Algeria, with a base in Algiers. He has been Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic twice.[1][2]

Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun in 2012
Polisario Front Representative to Algeria
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016
Prime Minister	Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Preceded by	Brahim Gali
Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
In office 19 September 1993 – 8 September 1995
Preceded by	Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Succeeded by	Mahfoud Ali Beiba
In office 10 February 1999 – 29 October 2003
Preceded by	Mahfoud Ali Beiba
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	9 July 1954 Dakhla, Spanish Sahara
Political party	POLISARIO
Residence	Madrid,  Spain
Alma mater	University of Havana, Cuba
Occupation	Diplomat, Politician

Career

Bouchraya was born at Dakhla in 1954. He studied Economics at the University of Havana, Cuba. He speaks Hassaniya (a variety of Arabic) & Spanish. He has held various posts 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.[3][4]

He was selected as the Prime Minister in 1993 and served for a ywo 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.[5][6]

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.[7]

He then went on to serve as the Wali (Governor) of the Wilaya of Smara.[8] Bouchraya was appointed as the POLISARIO representative for Spain in 2008 replacing Brahim Ghali, who became the representative in Algiers. When Brahim Ghali became the president of SADR, Bouchraya replaced him as the POLISARIO representative at Algiers.[9][10][3][2]

References

1. IBP Inc The Western Sahara A "Spy" Guide - Strategic Information and Developments, p. 30, at Google Books
2. "Finding a definitive solution to the Western Sahara Crisis" (in French). El Moudjahid. 2016-11-19. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
3. Hamudi Bucharaya: "Marruecos se desinfla" Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine Canarias7, 27 March 2009
4. Fernando Orgambides (1985-12-29). "El nuevo Gobierno de la RASD incluye a saharauis formados en España" (in Spanish). El País. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
5. Taylor & Francis The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe, p. 2956, at Google Books
6. "The government is evaluating its activities over the past year and is implementing a program for the year 2000" (in French). SPS. 1999-12-21. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
7. Andrew Borowiec Taming the Sahara: Tunisia Shows a Way While Others Falter, p. 37, at Google Books
8. "The Wali of Smara rejects any solution to the conflict that does not respect Saharawi people's right to self-determination". SPS. 2004-08-02. Archived from the original on 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
9. "POLISARIO Front's new representative to Spain installed". SPS. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
10. "El Frente Polisario releva a su representante en España" (in Spanish). Libertad Digital. 2008-01-01. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2012-11-11.