Isaias Afwerki

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head of state human politician president revolutionary

Isaias Afwerki is the long-serving president of Eritrea, known for leading the country since its independence and presiding over an authoritarian one-party state.

Aliases (1)

President of Eritrea ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state → human → politician → president → revolutionary →
accusedOf	human rights abuses → suppression of independent media → suppression of political opposition →
birthDate	1946-02-02 →
birthPlace	Asmara → Eritrea →
conflictParticipatedIn	Eritrean War of Independence →
continentOfLeadership	Africa →
countryOfCitizenship	Eritrea →
educatedAt	Haile Selassie I University →
eraOfActivity	21st century → late 20th century →
ethnicGroup	Tigrinya →
familyName	Afwerki →
givenName	Isaias →
headOfGovernmentOf	Eritrea →
headOfStateOf	Eritrea →
ideologyAssociatedWith	authoritarianism → one-party state →
implementedPolicy	indefinite national service in Eritrea →
knownFor	authoritarian rule → being first President of Eritrea → leading Eritrean independence struggle → long-serving presidency of Eritrea →
languageSpoken	Arabic → English → Tigrinya →
militaryBranch	Eritrean People’s Liberation Front →
name	Isaias Afwerki →
notableEventDuringRule	1998–2000 Eritrean–Ethiopian War →
officeAssumedOn	1993-05-24 →
participatedIn	2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia peace process →
party	People’s Front for Democracy and Justice →
positionHeld	President of Eritrea →
presidesOver	People’s Front for Democracy and Justice → one-party state in Eritrea →
religion	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church →
residence	Asmara →
roleInConflict	guerrilla leader →
sexOrGender	male →
tookOfficeAsFirstPresidentOf	Eritrea NERFINISHED →
wasDeFactoLeaderOf	Eritrea People’s Liberation Front →
wasLeaderOf	People’s Front for Democracy and Justice →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
People's Front for Democracy and Justice →	associatedWith
Eritrean–Ethiopian War →	commander
People's Front for Democracy and Justice →	hasLeader
Eritrea →	headOfGovernment
Eritrea →	headOfState
Isaias Afwerki →	name
Isaias Afwerki ("President of Eritrea") →	positionHeld
Ethiopian Civil War →	significantPerson