Ismahan Abdi Douksieh

Ismahan Abdi Douksieh
Member of the National Assembly
In office 2003–
Constituency	Djibouti Region

Ismahan Abdi Douksieh 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] Douksieh was elected in Djibouti 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]

References

1. Djibouti: Parliamentary Chamber: Assemblée nationale: Elections held in 2003 Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Daher Ahmed Farah (2018) Savoir et pouvoir dans le contexte de Djibouti : des configurations éducatives entre constructions de savoir et relations de pouvoir CNAM