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Oubi Buchraya Bachir | |
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Sahrawi Ambassador to Nigeria | |
Assumed office 25 July 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
Preceded by | Aliyen Habib Kentaui |
Sahrawi Ambassador to South Africa | |
In office 19 April 2006 – 10 February 2008 | |
Preceded by | Sadafa Mohamed Bahia |
Succeeded by | Salah Abd Mohamed |
Polisario Front Representative to Great Britain | |
In office 30 October 2003 – 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Abdelkader Taleb Omar |
Preceded by | Breika Lehbib |
Succeeded by | Sidi Mohamed Omar |
Polisario Front Representative to the Netherlands | |
In office 2001 – 30 October 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970 Zouerate، Mouritania |
Political party | POLISARIO |
Residence(s) | Abuja, Nigeria |
Alma mater | University of Paris, France |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Oubi Buchraya Bachir (born 1970 in Zouirat, Mauritania) [1] is the current Sahrawi ambassador to Nigeria, with a base in Abuja. [2] He earned a master's degree in "Conflicts, Peace and Development" at James I University in Castellón de la Plana. [3] He speaks Hassaniya ( a variety of Arabic), French and Spanish.
He started his diplomatic career in 2001, being appointed as the Sahrawi representative for the Netherlands, based in The Hague. [4] In late 2003, he moved to London, as the Sahrawi representative to the United Kingdom and Ireland. [5]
In 2006, he replaced Sadafa Mohamed Bahia as the Sahrawi ambassador to South Africa. [6] In July 2008, he replaced Aliyen Habib Kentaui, presenting this credentials as ambassador to Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. [7] Between 2010 and 2011 he acted first as special envoy [8] and then as non-resident ambassador to Ghana, until the accreditation in late 2011 of Mahayub Sidina, the first Sahrawi resident ambassador in Accra.