The probable winner  Ismael Omar Guelleh  is chief of the private office of the aged and ailing outgoing President  Hassan Gouled Aptidon...
 Since the government’s base is perceived as being among the Issa clan  Ismael Omar Guelleh has sought to appeal to others such as the Gadabourssi...
  Ismael Omar Guelleh makes much of his experience in dealing with neighbouring states...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Nomination by the ruling Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès on 4 February has formally set Ismael Omar Guelleh on the path to succeed Hassan Gouled Aptidon  who steps down in May...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     This April  the Finance Minister flew to Washington with President Hassan Gouled Aptidon's Chef de Cabinet  nephew and heir-apparent  Ismael Omar Guelleh (AC Vol 37 No 14)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Ismael Omar Guelleh  chef de cabinet to President Hassan Gouled Aptidon  has won another round in the struggle to succeed his uncle as President (AC Vol 37 No 3)...