Mariam Ibrahim Farah

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

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.

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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