Mariam Ibrahim Farah

Mariam Ibrahim Farah is a Djiboutian politician. In 2003 she was elected to the National Assembly as one of the first group of women to enter the legislature.

Mariam Ibrahim Farah
Member of the National Assembly
In office
2003–
ConstituencyDikhil Region

Career

Prior to the 2003 elections, a new electoral law was passed, requiring party lists to consist of at least 10% of each gender.[1] Farah was elected in Dikhil Region as a representative of the Union for the Presidential Majority, one of seven successful female candidates who became the first women in the National Assembly.[2]

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