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President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)
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Brahim Ghali (born 19 August 1949) is the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, serving since 2016. A founding member of the Polisario Front, he has led the liberation movement against Moroccan control of Western Sahara. He resumed armed conflict with Morocco in 2020 after the breakdown of the 1991 ceasefire. He operates primarily from the refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria.
Founding member of the Polisario Front (1973)
President of the SADR (recognized by the African Union) since 2016
Led the resumption of armed struggle for independence in 2020
Accused of human rights abuses and war crimes by pro-Moroccan groups (cases filed in Spain)
His hospitalization in Spain in 2021 caused a major diplomatic rift between Spain and Morocco
leads a government-in-exile dependent on Algerian support
